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Exhalation: Stories

May 13, 2022 · 2 min read

Exhalation: Stories By Ted Chiang 368 pages Published May 7, 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf I’m halfway through the book, and I’m liking it. I’m impressed by it, yet I can’t say exactly why. Ted Chiang is a writer…

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The Haunting of Hill House

October 21, 2022 · 5 min read

If the book we choose to read is thin – say, less than 350 pages – the Mules will often read a second book. I don’t get it. It seems to me that one book is more than sufficient to fuel a good discussion. But I…

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November 1, 2019 · 1 min read

“How Economists Cheat the Working Stiff” by Bill Bonner LINK

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Nightmare Alley — January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022 · 3 min read

Nightmare Alley By William Lindsay Gresham 304 pages Originally published in 1946 by Rinehart & Co. Every so often we Mules (my book club) select not just a book of the month, but a movie to go with it. Our…

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Talent Is Overrated

March 19, 2019 · 1 min read

Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin.- It is generally believed that people’s natural talents are what turn them into world-class performers. But, in fact, as this book shows, talent has virtually nothing to do…

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