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Waco: A Survivor’s Story
A Place Called Waco: A Survivor’s Story © 1999 David Thibodeau 381 pages On April 19th, 1993, the arrogance of power was made obvious when scores of people were killed in a outstandingly incompetent, if not deliberately malicious, attempt to … Continue reading
To Build a Castle
To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter © 1978 Vladimir Bukovsky 438 pages When frustrated Soviet officials asked Vlaldimir Bukovsky why he continued to provoke them, he replied that he doubted he could cause them nearly as much … Continue reading
My Disillusionment in Russia
My Disillusionment in Russia © 1923 Emma Goldman 271 pages “Is there any change in the world? Or is it all an eternal recurrence of man’s inhumanity to man?” – Emma Goldman, 1921 In 1919, then-notorious anarchist Emma Goldman was … Continue reading
A Forest in the Clouds
A Forest in the Clouds © 2018 John Fowler336 pages John Fowler’s A Forest in the Clouds is his account of studying gorillas alongside famous naturalist Dian Fossey. Although I picked it up for the gorillas (as one would), the … Continue reading
Rebel Without a Green Card
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card288 pages© 2018 Ssara Saedi Sara Saedi and her older sister Samira were both born in Iran, but following the revolution their parents fled to America by way of Italy. Although Sara had virtually no … Continue reading
Odd Egg Editor
Odd-Egg Editor © 1990 Kathryn Tucker Windham 170 pages Anyone who grew up in Selma, Alabama, prior to 2011 had heard of Kathryn Tucker Windham, and odds were they cherished her. A master storyteller, she inspired an annual Tale-Tellin’ Festival … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, history, journalism, Kathryn Tucker Windham, memoir, Montgomery, Selma
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Short rounds and leftovers:
Hello, readers! Here’s hoping those of you in the US had an enjoyable Thanksgiving on Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed the company of my cousins, though I did rather poorly in our board game of choice. I blame the dice. … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, memoir, technology, Technology and Society, transportation
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Within Arm’s Reach
Within Arm’s Length: The Extraordinary Life and Career of a Special Agent in the United States Secret Service© 2014, 2018 Dan Emmett320 pages Dan Emmett was a kid when he witnessed President Kennedy’s assassination on television, but instead of being … Continue reading
Tales from a Mainframe Mechanic
The Computer Guy Is Here! Mainframe Mechanic© 2018 John Sak201 pages When John Sak began his training with IBM as a young college drop out, instructors informed his class that the only constant they could expect from their careers was … Continue reading
The Gulag Archipelago: Volume III
Archipeleg GULag / The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary InvestigationVolume III (of III)© 1973, 1974 Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn576 pages Throughout The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has taken readers on a tour of the Soviet concentration camps, where human … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", Classics Club Challenge, Man vs State, memoir, prisons, Russia
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