Thursday, June 29, 2023

The Nat Hentoff Reader (Nat Hentoff)

Nat Hentoff
The Nat Hentoff Reader


Various essays and articles by a fairly libertarian (left wing) American covering education and much to do with discrimination. Probably should have read when first published (the articles not this collection) but it seemed like the most interesting book in our work library. 

Monday, June 19, 2023

Hit Refresh (Satya Nadella)

Satya Nadella
Hit Refresh




Interesting read if you're into IT although by the end it moves from a personal account of the MS CEO's life and drivers and more written by his marketing team. Not as interesting as some of the early books about how MS (and Apple etc.) came into existence. 

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Foster (Claire Keegan)

Claire Keegan
Foster



An interesting novella set in Wexford, so apt for my holiday reading albeit in the north of Ireland, about a young girl who is farmed out to aunt and uncle for the school holidays. A tale of love, devotion and security with a few morals to tell, a few twists and a couple of ambiguities in my mind. Very readable which I did one evening.