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1. 1. Bradley Wiggins

   

   A candid memoir tracing the journey from a difficult childhood and early track cycling success through Olympic triumphs and a later shift to road racing that culminated in a historic Tour de France victory; it mixes behind-the-scenes accounts of training, team dynamics and tactical thinking with personal reflections on sacrifice, fame, setbacks and the controversies of modern professional cycling, offering an intimate look at the determination and complexity behind elite athletic achievement.

2. 2. How Data Happened

   

   Tracing the rise of data from early state record-keeping and Enlightenment attempts to quantify populations through the development of statistics, bureaucracy, and surveying, the book shows how measurement practices and institutions—censuses, insurance, scientific classification, and colonial administration—produced modern data infrastructures. It connects nineteenth- and twentieth-century techniques like actuarial science, eugenics, and survey methods to the emergence of computing, algorithms, and machine learning, arguing that data is socially produced and shaped by power, politics, and institutional interests. By following the people, tools, and incentives behind data collection and use, it highlights how seemingly neutral numbers embed historical biases and how contemporary algorithmic systems inherit those legacies, raising ethical and democratic questions about transparency, accountability, and who benefits from data-driven decisions.

3. 3. Dogshit Saved My Life