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Month: October 2021

October 29, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Company” by Micklethwait and Woolridge

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies” by Frederic Pryor

October 27, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary:“Leonardo to the Internet” by Thomas Misa

October 26, 2021April 17, 2022 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism..” by Daniel Headrick

October 18, 2021November 24, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783″ by John Brewer

October 15, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Holistic Darwinism” by Peter A. Corning

October 14, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Persistence of the Old Regime” by Arno Mayer

October 13, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Rice Almanac” by Maclean, Hardy and Hettel

October 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why We Cooperate” by Michael Tomasello

October 11, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” by Richard Wrangham

October 8, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Social Organism: A Radical Understanding of Social Media” by Luckett and Casey

October 7, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Pursuit of Power” by William McNeill

October 6, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “War in World History (Vol 2)” by Morillo, Black and Lococo

October 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “War in World History (Vol 1)” by Morillo, Black and Lococo

October 4, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A History of Warfare” by John Keegan

October 1, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Innovator’s DNA” by Clayton Christensen et al

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