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Editor’s Note: Every year, Bill Gates (Bill Gates) has a habit of recommending books. On December 8, Gates announced five good books he had read this year through his personal blog. As 2021 is about to begin, it is a good time to look back on last year, including the books I have read last year. The original title of this article is 5 Good Books for a Lousy Year, the author is Bill Gates, I hope to inspire you.
It is understandable that 2020 is the most extraordinary and difficult year we have ever experienced. In such a difficult period, most people who like to read can try reading various kinds of books.
This year, I sometimes choose to develop a deeper understanding of a difficult topic, such as the injustice behind the “The Fate of the Black Man” protest. At other times, I also need to reconcile my pace of life and read some relaxing books at the end of the day. That is why, in the last year, I have also read books on different subjects, including many classics that I have to read.
As 2020 is about to pass, I hope to share with you five books on different topics through this article. I also hope these books give you something to gain and end this bad year in good shape.
原版 书名 ： The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness
Translation of the book: “New apartheid: mass incarceration in the era of racial blindness”
Author: Michelle Alexander
Like many white people, I have been trying to deepen my understanding of systemic racism for the past few months.
This book by Michelle Alexander opened my eyes to my understanding of how the criminal justice system unfairly attacks people of color, especially black groups.
The highlight of this book is that it explains the history and facts behind mass incarceration. I know some of this data, but author Alexander combines this data with relevant background.
After reading this book, I am more convinced than ever that we need a fairer way of making judgments and further increasing investment in people of color.
Original title: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Book Translation: “Through the Power of Winning: Why Generalists Can Win in a Professional World”
Author: David Epstein
After watching author David Epstein’s 2014 TED talk on athletic performance, I began to pay attention to Epstein’s work.
In this wonderful work, Epstein mentioned that although the global demand for professional talent seems to be increasing (such as in the workplace), what we really need is more people to get started He has studied extensively and accepted different experiences and points of view in continuous progress “.
In this regard, Epstein cited some celebrities as examples in the book, including prominent tennis players Roger Federer, Charles Darwin, and Soviet experts during the Cold War.
I think their insights even help explain some of Microsoft’s success, because we hire talents with both professional and cross-cutting knowledge. If you are a generalist and believe that your talents have been overshadowed by the professional colleagues around you, then this book is written for you.
原版 书名 ： The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, the family and the challenge during the bombing
Book Translation: “Brilliance and Evil: The Legend of Churchill, Family and Resistance During the Blitzkrieg”
Author: Erik Larson
Sometimes history books give people a stronger sense of substitution than the author imagined.
This is the case with this wonderful book on the history of 1940 and 1941, when Germany tried to force the British to give in by bombing, causing British citizens to huddle in basements and tube stations almost every night.
The fear and anxiety they feel is far more serious than what we experienced under the new corona epidemic, but these feelings still feel more or less familiar.
Through the lines between the lines, author Erik Larson can make you feel the life of ordinary citizens during this terrible period. It also beautifully recounts some British leaders who have witnessed them during the crisis. Including Winston Churchill and his closest advisers.
At the same time, the coverage of this book is too limited to be the only book you read on the subject of World War II, but it is a great complement to the literary works of that tragic period.
原版 书名 ： The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Spy Story of the Cold War
Translation of the book: “Spy and traitor: the greatest spy story of the Cold War”
Author: Ben Macintyre
The description of this documentary literature focuses mainly on two people.
One is Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB agent who became a British double agent, and the other is the American traitor Oleg Gordievsky, who may have betrayed Gordievsky. (Aldrich Ames).
Author Ben Macintyre retells his stories in the book, both from Western sources (including Gordiyevsky himself) and from Russian sources. This book is as wonderful as my favorite spy novel.
原版 书名 ： Salt breath: a deadly genetic disease, a new era in science, and the patients and families that changed medicine
Book Translation: “Salt Breath: Deadly Genetic Diseases, New Age of Science, and Medicine-Changing Patients and Families”
Author: Bijal P. Trivedi
This book is really exciting.
It records an extraordinary history of scientific innovation and describes how this groundbreaking technology has improved almost all cystic fibrosis (Cystic fibrosis, a recessive chromosomal genetic disease commonly seen in western whites. Patients often experience hyperhidrosis and production). Excessive mucus and other symptoms) family and patient life.
This story is particularly meaningful to me, and I also know some families who have benefited from the new medications described in the book.
I suspect that as biomedical miracles are used in laboratories at an ever faster rate, we will see more similar books appear in the years to come.
Translator: Shunichi
Disclaimer: The translated names of the books in the text are for reference only.
