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The Achilles Trap by Steve Coll
When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, …
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A Genocide Foretold by Chris Hedges
A Genocide Foretold confronts the stark realities of life under siege in Gaza and the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are …
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A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and …
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin (Zoey Ashe, #1)
3 stars
"Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a …
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Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season by John Gregory Dunne
“In the summer of my nervous breakdown, I went to live in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.” So begins John …
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Sly and The Family Stone by Joel Selvin
Sly Stone shook the foundations of soul and turned it into a brand new sound that influenced and liberated musicians …
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The Catastrophe Hour by Meghan Daum
“For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 p.m., I’ve been overcome with the …
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4 stars
Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up: left a …
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The House of Beauty by Arabelle Sciardi
“When I tell you that beauty is a monster, I need you to know it is my favorite kind.”
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The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco
Compared to other episodes of lethal Indian communal violence, the clashes in Uttar Pradesh in 2013, the Muzaffarnagar Riot, were …
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy by Jonathan Webber
‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, and committed within it’
In the aftermath of the Second …
