Audiobooks – January, February 2026
The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich 3/5
Who Owns This Sentence: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs 3/5
The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush 4/5
https://t.co/BR5w7QNsKo
For the Love of Trains: Celebrating 200 Years of British Railways by Paul Routledge
Review: A mix of rail history and stories of the author's life and journeys. An okay light read but either topic is better severed elsewhere 3/5
https://t.co/6VpGBWA5h3
Audiobooks – January, February 2026
The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich 3/5
Who Owns This Sentence: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs 3/5
The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush 4/5
https://t.co/BR5w7QNsKo
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The KLF: Chaos, Magic, and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs
4/5
Review: Not a convention band biography but more an explanation on their influences and thinking. Fascinating, funny and a fun read
https://t.co/WPoTfi2IK9
The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush
4/5
Review: A fairly balanced biography of the 6 astronauts. Covering before and during the Astronaut careers and to an extent afterwards. Worth a read for space fans.
https://t.co/3Lr9QRkiSj
Who Owns This Sentence: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs by David Bellos & Alexandre Montagu
3/5
Review: A look at the almost random ways and reasons copyright has changed over the centuries usually as different groups lobbied governments
https://t.co/l1ljy4bipg
Review:
The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich
3/5
The story of John C. Houbolt, a NASA engineer who pushed for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous for the Apollo program. Just 3 hours long but Interesting
The Kiwi Moot Conference to take place in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2027
It is a three-day conference based around Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and related topics
#tolkien#lotr
More information:
https://t.co/TwDSIqpW5k
The Kiwi Moot Conference to take place in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2027
It is a three-day conference based around Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and related topics
#tolkien#lotr
More information:
https://t.co/TwDSIqpW5k
Audiobooks – Dec 2025
After Eden: A short history of the world by John Charles Chasteen 3/5
Ground Combat by Ben Connable 3/5
Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang 4/5
The Devil Reached towards the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 4/5
https://t.co/eJ87wvaekO
Audiobooks – Dec 2025
After Eden: A short history of the world by John Charles Chasteen 3/5
Ground Combat by Ben Connable 3/5
Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang 4/5
The Devil Reached towards the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 4/5
https://t.co/eJ87wvaekO
Review:
The Devil Reached towards the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb by Garrett M. Graff
4/5
Structured as quotes from characters spken by actors. Better coverage of Oak Ridge & Hanford than most books. Pretty good
https://t.co/AdfwpqXDyg
Review:
After Eden: A short history of the world by John Charles Chasteen
3/5
A history of the world but from the point of view of how society organises and people treat each other. Interesting
https://t.co/8S104K5DxY
Review
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang
4/5
Contrasts the Lawyer Culture of the US vs China's Engineer Culture. Discusses aspects of China's culture, Government and Industry. Recommend
https://t.co/xS9hzsUZOK
Ground Combat: Puncturing the Myths of Modern War by Ben Connable
3/5
A bit dry and academic with a lot of "talking to my dataset" but some interesting bits on trends in modern warfare including early parts of Ukraine war
https://t.co/UhSwzS3E1I
Review:
After Eden: A short history of the world by John Charles Chasteen
3/5
A history of the world but from the point of view of how society organises and people treat each other. Interesting
https://t.co/8S104K5DxY
Audiobooks November 2025
The Global Age Europe 1950-2017 by Ian Kershaw 4/5
The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn by Alice George 4/5
https://t.co/xEB5uZzSGf