Erich Mayer

Erich Mayer is a retired company director and former organic walnut farmer.

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

If this book were a painting, the canvas would be too large to fit into a gallery.

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Algorithms To Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

The authors explain both simple and complex examples of algorithms and relate them to the human experience.

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Securing Australia’s Future by Simon Torok and Paul Holper

Torok and Holper have distilled the many recommendations of the ACOLA reports into an eminently readable and persuasive form.

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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

The melancholy in Murakami’s writing is something that is not quite hope and yet pays tribute to the human spirit.

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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

A book by George Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller.

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The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Selin is gifted, energetic and naive – and she wants to be a writer.

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The Cleaner by Elisabeth Herrmann

The central character in The Cleaner is a cleaning lady, Judith Kepler, who is like no cleaner you have ever…

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Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

The mystery unfolds slowly, but with never a dull moment.

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A Land Without Borders by Nir Baram

Nir Baram decides to visit the occupied territories in Israel to observe the situation first-hand.

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The Silent Invasion by James Bradley

Book One of the Change Trilogy: Callie, and her new-found friend, Matt, are young teenagers on a perilous journey.

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