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The Histories
by Herodotus
Genre: History
Language: Ancient Greek
Country: Greece
Publisher: Various
Year: -430
Format: Paperback
Audience: Adult
Price: $16.00
Rating: 4.5/5
Reading Time: 12 hours
Record of ancient traditions, politics, geography of ancient Near East and Mediterranean.
Cultural Notes: Considered the first work of history in Western literature.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
by Neil Postman
Genre: Media Criticism
Language: English
Country: United States
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1985
Format: Paperback
Audience: Adult
Price: $15.00
Rating: 4.5/5
Reading Time: 4 hours
Argues television has transformed public discourse into entertainment, undermining serious thought.
Cultural Notes: Prescient critique of media's effect on public discourse.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
by Eric S. Raymond
Genre: Technology
Language: English
Country: United States
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1999
Format: Paperback
Audience: Adult
Price: $24.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Reading Time: 4 hours
Essay collection on open source software development models, contrasting cathedral and bazaar approaches.
Cultural Notes: Seminal work on open source philosophy.