scott_s

This reader’s recommendations and supporting excerpts from the sampled discussions.

3 books

scott_s · Jul 20, 2009
The best recent: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamon.
scott_s · Sep 5, 2015
I adore "A Short History of Nearly Everything".
scott_s · Sep 5, 2015
It's good, but relatively academic; I cared about how the Japanese publishing industry and their literature changed over the time period, but not that much. It is worth it, though, as I knew very little about Japan in this period.