Alan

Simon Winchester is the Shipping Forecast of authors - I could listen to him read just about anything.

Fast paced narrative - as always with his books there are multiple tied in topics, and in this one he discussed Dutch colonialism, the significance of undersea telegraph cables, and the science behind the great sea volcanoes.

Only after reading this book did I really understand calculus.

Easy Money, Easy Read. An impassioned expose of the Crypto industry. I think Number Go Up is the better book, but this is probably more approachable to most readers.

"Write a biography of William Shakespeare, with scant historical records or evidence to draw from," is what Bill Bryson's editor said to him, probably. Credit to Bryson that he acknowledges that... there just isn't much we currently know about Shakespeare the person. Nice read for the Shakespeare completionist, or the Bryson fan (speaking as the latter, not the former).

Well. I just devoured that audiobook in 2 days. It's kind of like... Star Wars for adults? Not in a way meant to diminish either franchise... just tryin to explain it without giving anything away. Amazed at Tchaikovsky's versatility as both a story teller and world builder.