Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II
 Rage Against the Mega-Machine: Nobody writes like this anymore. I hadn't expected the eminent urban historian to write such a brilliant paranoiac tract against the System and Established Order. Although often redundant, Mumford makes a heroic attempt at [... more]
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
good job: Just because Vowell is unapologetically partisan in her essays throughout The Partly Cloudy Patriot doesn't make her book any less interesting. In fact, it really enhances it. Even though I found myself agreeing with basically all of what she [... more]
$22.00
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Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
"Life" in Auschwitz; Nazi Genocidal Ambitions beyond Jews and Gypsies: This review is based on the original (1947) edition. Let's focus on some seldom-developed issues. Large numbers of Polish clergy were sent to Auschwitz in the early years of [... more]
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Amazon.com Review: It may seem a stretch to connect a volcanic eruption with civil and religious unrest in Indonesia today, but Simon Winchester makes a compelling case. Krakatoa tells the frightening tale of the biggest volcanic eruption in history [... more]
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Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of ...
Great Read: I cannot believe no one has reviewed Roy Porter's last book. It reminds me of the Metaphysical Club, but it is perhaps a bit more wry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have added it to my collection of books on the Enlightenment. It was [... more]
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Report from a Parisian Paradise: Essays from France, ...
Incandescent: A true gift for anyone that loves writing, observation, and life, and an absolute gem for anyone that has ever been to or loved France. Heartbreakingly intelligent, perceptive, and compassionate writing from a master. Get this for yourself [... more]
$24.95
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From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
A Collection Of Essays Covering A Wide Range Of Middle Eastern Issues: Bernard Lewis is perhaps the world's foremost scholar on the Middle East. He also, unlike many academics, has outstanding writing skills and is able to reach a wide audience. This [... more]
$28.00
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Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Exceptional and Fascinating: I normally don't go for straight non-fiction memoirs, but this is an unusual book in its structure and tone. Stasiland has all the virtues of a pacey novel combined with providing deep insights on the impact of the DDR's [... more]
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The Men in My Country: Sb (Sightline Books)
An Amazing Story Made Up Of Perfect Sentences: I could NOT put this book down. Ms. Abildskov has created a story of such difficult beauty and courage, such clear and striking insight, such sweetness and humor and fury, every page took my breath away. A [... more]
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Fabrication : Essays on making things and making meaning
Factories in the Heartland: I agree with Michael Feldman's take on this book: fascinating! The author takes you into the world of how things are and were being made at the end of the twentieth century in the American Midwest: dolls, insulin, gyroscopes, [... more]
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Death on the Black Sea: The Untold Story of the 'Struma' ...
The Floating Holocaust: There are countless stories of the Holocaust that can never be told because those who experienced them were lost in the mad destructive fury. The story of the doomed ship _Struma_ might be one of those stories, except that one of [... more]
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A Jacques Barzun Reader: Selections from His Works
This book, like Barzun himself, gets better with age!: Like too many others, my journey to becoming a Barzun addict was a slow, steady build. Yes, it was through first reading 'From Dawn to Decadence' that I came to admire his electrifying prose and [... more]
$29.95
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