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In an age when trust in banks and other traditional institutions has been undermined and all our personal data is in the hands of the new tech giants, can blockchain help us take back control and restore trust? Or is it just a tool for financial speculation and illegal activities? Wharton professor and author Kevin Werbach recommends books to get your head around the basics of 'blockchain.'

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Great Love Letters, recommended by stephanie

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
by Vita Sackville-West

Letters to Véra (Vintage International)
by Vladimir Nabokov

A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
by Anais Nin

Letters to Milena (The Schocken Kafka Library)
by Franz Kafka

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As Time Goes By
by Ted Allbeury

A Time Without Shadows
by Ted Allbeury

No Man Dies Twice
by Michael Smith

Assignment in Brittany
by Helen MacInnes

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by Laurent Binet

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