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Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012)

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:00:00 +0100

Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012)

Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger
First Published: January 1, 2012
Score: 7/10

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Born in the small city of Thal, Austria, in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one. Within ten years, he was a millionaire businessman. After twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, he was elected governor of California and a household name around the world.

Chronicling his embodiment of the American Dream, Total Recall covers Schwarzenegger’s high-stakes journey to the United States, from creating the international bodybuilding industry out of the sands of Venice Beach, to breathing life into cinema’s most iconic characters, and becoming one of the leading political figures of our time. Proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, Schwarzenegger spares nothing in sharing his amazing story.

Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey (2012)

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:30:00 +0000

Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey (2012)

Author: Hugh Howey
First Published: January 27, 2012
Series: Silo Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Wool is the story of mankind clawing for survival. The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo.

But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.

The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver (2012)

Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000

The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver (2012)

Author: Nate Silver
First Published: September 27, 2012
Score: 7/10

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Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth. He solidified his standing as the nation’s foremost political forecaster with his near perfect prediction of the 2012 election. Silver is the founder and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight.com.

Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how we can distinguish a true signal from a universe of noisy data. Most predictions fail, often at great cost to society, because most of us have a poor understanding of probability and uncertainty. Both experts and laypeople mistake more confident predictions for more accurate ones. But overconfidence is often the reason for failure. If our appreciation of uncertainty improves, our predictions can get better too. This is the “prediction paradox”: The more humility we have about our ability to make predictions, the more successful we can be in planning for the future.

The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (2012)

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (2012)

Author: Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
First Published: January 1, 2012
Score: 7/10

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“The One Thing” explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.

The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir (2012)

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:46:00 +0100

The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir (2012)

Author: Andy Weir
First Published: September 27th 2012
Series: The Martian Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him & forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded & completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—& even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport (2012)

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:14:00 +0000

So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport (2012)

Author: Cal Newport
First Published: January 1st 2012
Score: 7/10

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In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice.

Not only is the cliché flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping.

Empire (Star Force #6) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:37:00 +0100

Empire (Star Force #6) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: October 6th 2012
Series: Star Force Book 6
Score: 7/10

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In EMPIRE, the sixth book of the Star Force Series, the story moves in a new direction. Earth falls quiet, and the few reports coming out of the homeworld are increasingly strange. Isolated in the Eden system, Riggs realizes his enemies are forming an alliance against him. Crushed between two monstrous fleets, the last defenders of Star Force must forge their own alliance with the biotic aliens. But which alien race can Riggs truly trust?

Battle Station (Star Force #5) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Wed, 25 May 2016 22:58:00 +0100

Battle Station (Star Force #5) by B.V. Larson (2012)

Author: B.V. Larson
First Published: May 2nd 2012
Series: Star Force Book 5
Score: 7/10

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In BATTLE STATION Kyle Riggs faces new challenges, new alien fleets and learns the secrets behind the war he has been fighting for years.

In the fifth book of the Star Force Series, the Eden system is in humanity’s grasp, but can they keep it? Star Force is weak after a long war, and many yearn to go home. Knowing the machines will return with a new armada eventually, Riggs seeks a more permanent solution. Along the way, worlds are won and lost, millions perish, and great truths are revealed.

Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch (2012)

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 23:05:00 +0000

Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch (2012)

Author: Blake Crouch
First Published: August 21st 2012
Series: Wayward Pines Book 1
Score: 8/10

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Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America - or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into his colleagues’ disappearance turns up more questions than answers. Why can’t he make contact with his family in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what’s the purpose of the electrified fences encircling the town? Are they keeping the residents in? Or something else out? Each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the world he knows, until he must face the horrifying possibility that he may never leave Wayward Pines alive…

No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer (2012)

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 23:21:00 +0000

No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer (2012)

Author: Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer
First Published: September 4th 2012
Score: 5/10

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For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moment

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group — commonly known as SEAL Team Six — has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines.

Dexter's Final Cut (Dexter #7) by Jeff Lindsay (2012)

Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:28:00 +0100

Dexter’s Final Cut (Dexter #7) by Jeff Lindsay (2012)

Author: Jeff Lindsay
First Published: 2012
Series: Dexter Book 7
Score: 7/10

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With 1.7 million copies of the Dexter novels sold, and ever-increasing critical acclaim, Jeff Lindsay returns to his groundbreaking and beloved character with his most entertaining book yet. Get ready for a grisly send-up of Hollywood, and a full dose of dark Dexter wit.

Lights. Camera. Mayhem. You won’t find this story on television.

Norwegian by Night (Sigrid Ødegård #1) by Derek B. Miller (2012)

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:56:00 +0000

Norwegian by Night (Sigrid Ødegård #1) by Derek B. Miller (2012)

Author: Derek B. Miller
First Published: 2012
Series: Sigrid Ødegård Book 1
Score: 5/10

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He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can’t help but wonder what it is he’s doing here..

Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam.