Mark Hillary

Stunning 🤩

Revisado: 09-24-24

The best thing I’ve heard all year - don’t miss this excellent exploration of Stevie Wonder and American history

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Like a judge asking who are The Beatles?

Revisado: 08-22-24

The entire premise is that adults don’t understand kids yet I’m 50+ and not into sneakers and yet I knew most of the terms and strategies discussed - this entire book feels like someone saying “I don’t understand the 2020s” 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

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This will convert some of the doubters

Revisado: 03-02-24

I'm sympathetic to Labour, but not an uncritical supporter. I used to be a party member, but I gave up when it became a factional game of who can hate Blair the most ... Labour has spent 14 years in the wilderness and the Tories are now more unpopular than ever. It should be time for Starmer to lead the nation, but even Labour supporters are unsure. Some feel he is selling out and becoming Blair V2. Some feel he is boring and uninspiring. I certainly have not felt 100% on board with him as leader, but the insights in this book have changed my view. He is a much more interesting and complex character than the general press coverage ever suggests. If you want to understand who Starmer is and why he might be the next PM of the UK, this book is worth reading. It's fast-paced and easy to read - a sign of a good bio. I came away from the book thinking that for all his faults, Starmer would actually be a very good leader - he has integrity and he isn't in this just for a title or the power.

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This does not work on audio

Revisado: 02-25-24

It feels like every other sentence is "Please see the accompanying PDF for a footnote..." This term is repeated at least every minute. When it starts to get grating you hear it again... I returned the book in the end as I found it impossible to keep listening with this interruption. This book may have fantastic insight, but I will need to find it in the book format as the audio really doesn't work...

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The 2020s insight we all need

Revisado: 09-17-23

Where is AI going beyond ChatGPT? How will it affect how we are governed and will it ever need to be governed as if it is alive? Runciman explores a vision off-the-peg near future by calling on Hobbes and others from our past - fantastic insight

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Fantastic exploration of the near future

Revisado: 09-16-23

China, Russia, woke… what is the near future after democratic liberalism? This book frames the debate alongside Leviathan and is a fantastic insight into what we might expect in the 2020s and 2030s…

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Good summary but very US-focused

Revisado: 12-24-22

Perhaps it’s too much to ask for a book that talks of the 90s experience everywhere, but although this book is interesting the fact that it only ever focuses on the US is a flaw…

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Summer in a bottle

Revisado: 06-06-19

Written in the 50s and set in the 20s this is really a set of short stories with shared characters rather than a traditional novel. It captures a series of moments in life, particularly birth (or rebirth) and death. Each story is infused with a child’s view on summer - the things you only do in summer and how they last forever. It’s a beautiful book and truly evokes memories of a simpler life.

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Fascinating history - especially Europe!

Revisado: 07-14-16

The book is great... Heath is sometimes overlooked, but he was a far more liberal Tory than Thatcher and his story is fascinating. The one downside of this book is that it appears to be read by an American using an English accent. Mostly the performance is fine, but he continually pronounces British names and places incorrectly, which is distracting. Surely the producer should have checked this?

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Well read by the author - great story!

Revisado: 06-22-16

This is a story that's easy to get into, the main characters are engaging, but it rapidly gets more complex. Eventually there are twists and turns that reminded me of the movie Inception, where you don't know if actions are real or dreams. Another great effort from Luke Smitherd and he reads the book really well too!

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