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Quentin Hardy is the deputy technology editor for The New York Times. He is formerly an executive editor for Forbes Media.
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The Giant, O'Brien
A Novel
Hilary Mantel - 2007-06-12 (publicado por primera vez en 1998)
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The Giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel takes readers back to the Age of Reason in the 18th century. Charles O'Brien, a giant who tells ancient folk tales, moves to England to make his fortune as a sideshow exhibit. However, his height attracts unwanted attention from a surgeon named John Hunter who is obsessed with dissecting him. The novel explores the conflict between Hunter's thirst for knowledge and fame versus O'Brien's belief that his soul cannot go to heaven without his body. Mantel dives deep into the division of soul and body, imagination and rationalism, offering no easy answers but reflecting on universal questions that still resonate today.
Quentin Hardy
2022-09-23T13:36:32.000Z
Aw crap. I have loved her books since "The Giant, O'Brien," which is hilarious and devastating. She leaves an exceptional body of work.      fuente
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The Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory
Jorge Luis Borges - 2001-04-05 (publicado por primera vez en 1975)
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Experience the brilliance of acclaimed Spanish-language writer Jorge Luis Borges in his last major story collection, The Book of Sand, now in a new stand-alone edition. This collection features Borges's signature fantastic inventiveness paired with a direct and colloquial writing style. The book includes marvelous tales like "The Congress," "Undr," "The Mirror and the Mask," and "The Rose of Paracelsus," showcasing Borges's incredible depth of vision and superb image-conjuring power. Don't miss out on this must-read work of literary mastery.
Quentin Hardy
2022-08-25T04:17:43.000Z
Reading "The Book of Sand" on what turns out to be Borges' 123rd birthday. When I first read it as a young man, it was impossible to understand how much it was an old man's book, and how very dark it is. He wore his courage so lightly.      fuente
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Bad Eminence
James Greer - 2022-07-05
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Follow Vanessa Salomon, a French-American translator with deep-seated resentment towards her famous twin sister and the recent suicide of her only love. While translating a dead author's book, she is offered a better gig - translating for an Extremely Famous French Writer, leading to a literary hell of doppelgangers, mystic visions, and the secret of life itself. Bad Eminence is a literary satire peppered with sponsored content and a nod to contemporary screen-life and digital celebrity.
Quentin Hardy
2022-06-13T14:30:06.000Z
This book is exhibiting intelligence!      fuente
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Evil Geniuses
The Unmaking of America
Kurt Andersen - 2020-08-11
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This book explores how America abandoned fairness and the middle class, and instead favored big business and the wealthy. The author traces the dismantling of the economic and social systems that made the American Dream possible, showing how greed became good and workers powerless. With deep research and a fresh perspective, the author names those responsible for this undoing and offers a path forward from this man-made disaster. This is the one book everyone must read as we figure out how to rebuild our country.
Quentin Hardy
2021-09-30T23:43:00.000Z
@ihorgowda @KBAndersen An excellent book.      fuente
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Evasión del Campo 14
One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Blaine Harden - 2012-03-29
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“CREO QUE AÚN ESTOY EVOLUCIONANDO: DE BESTIA A SER HUMANO” Hace veintinueve años, Shin Dong-hyuk nació en el Campo 14, uno de los cinco centros de reclusión para presos políticos situado en las montañas de Corea del Norte. Localizado a unos 90 kilómetros al norte de Pyongyang, este campo de trabajo es un “distrito de control absoluto”, una prisión sin salida donde la única sentencia es la cadena perpetua. Nadie nacido en el Campo 14, o en cualquiera de los otros campos norcoreanos, ha logrado escapar. Nadie excepto Shin. Esta es su historia.
Quentin Hardy
2021-03-16T19:12:35.000Z
@matvelloso It's an amazing book.      fuente
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Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov - 2000-08-31 (publicado por primera vez en 1962)
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A complex and thrilling read, this book delves into the interplay of a brilliant poem, an eccentric writer, and a twisted tale of power and intrigue. With a mix of literary analysis and dark comedy, Pale Fire is a must-read for fans of Nabokov and those who love a challenging, layered story.
Quentin Hardy
2021-03-15T05:30:14.000Z
@miahfost @page88 Pale Fire is an elusive meditation on the hope and terror of life after death, and a fuckin’ killer book. Done.      fuente
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The Last Fine Time
Verlyn Klinkenborg - 2004-04-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1991)
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Discover the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from prewar days to its reincarnation as a swank nightspot in The Last Fine Time. Verlyn Klinkenborg's lyrical style turns this history into an elegy, celebration, and social commentary all at once. Watch the neon sign outside the restaurant dim as an old world way of life passes and prosperous Americans' postwar exuberance comes to an end.
Quentin Hardy
2020-12-16T23:25:05.000Z
@Sulliview Such a good book.      fuente
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Nicole Perlroth - 2021-02-09
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Discover the untold story of the cyberweapons market in this chilling exposé by a leading cybersecurity reporter. Follow the journey of zero day, a coveted tool in the spy's arsenal with the power to dismantle safety controls, alter elections, and create chaos. Delve into the United States government's dominant hoarder of zero days and how they lost control, placing this powerful tool in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries who will stop at nothing. Written like a thrilling reference, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is a cautionary tale that we all must heed to bring the global cyber arms race to heel.
Quentin Hardy
2020-11-14T22:31:39.000Z
I tore through @nicoleperlroth's brilliant and chilling book, you should preorder it and she should be proud.      fuente
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The Future Eaters
An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People
Tim Flannery - 2002-10-16 (publicado por primera vez en 1994)
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Explore the environment of islands throughout history, from the age of dinosaurs to modern society, in this gripping and thought-provoking ecological history. Natural history, anthropology, and ecology come together in a penetrating and epic journey accompanied by stunning illustrations.
Quentin Hardy
2020-09-15T21:15:22.000Z
@DGisSERIOUS He's never been to the museum at the Tar Pits: People crossed the Bering Strait in big numbers about 15,000 years ago, discovered a wonderland of meat, and ate most species into extinction. "The Future Eaters" is a wonderful book on the Aboriginal decimation of Australia.      fuente
The Body of Il Duce by Sergio Luzzatto
Dignity by Chris Arnade
Viaje al fin de la noche by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Jesse James by T. J. Stiles
El jardín secreto by Frances Hodgson Burnett