A severed arm, a detective on the roach patrol, and a bad monkey
A review of Bad Monkey, by Carl Hiaasen. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Another funny Florida crime story from one of the masters of American humor in print.
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Author: Mal Warwick
From two experts: The coming Big Data revolution
A review of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, by Viktor Mayer-Schoeneberger and Kenneth Cukier. @@@@ (4 out of 5). An overview of the computer-based phenomenon that is playing an ever-larger role in our lives, our work, and our future, written by two world-class authorities in the field.
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Gypsies, bank robbers, and the Norwegian police
A review of Nemesis, by Jo Nesbo. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Idiosyncratic Norwegian detective Harry Hole finds himself suspected of killing an old girlfriend while he works to identify the killer in a bank robbery.
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Khaled Hosseini in Berkeley, in person and in print
A review of And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). An ambitious novel about family, loss, revenge, and new beginnings centered on the lives of two Afghan village children born in the mid-20th Century.
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Will the human race survive climate change and a mass extinction?
A review of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, by Annalee Newitz. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A science journalist takes a hard look at humanity’s chances of long-term survival and proposes proven strategies to ensure our race does not go extinct.
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