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John’s 2025 Year in Books
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Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine
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2008
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5 editions
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Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire
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2008
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When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We? (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files)
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2007
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4 editions
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There’s a Fungus Among Us! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files) (Library Edition)
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2007
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Vietnam: The Bloodbath at Hamburger Hill (24/7 Goes to War)
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2009
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The Mexican-American War
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2012
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Franklin Pierce: America's 14th President (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRESIDENTS SECOND SERIES)
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2004
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Three Days in Vietnam (X Books: Total War): A Vet's Harrowing Story
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2011
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Lost Boys of Sudan
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2004
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Blood Suckers!: Deadly Mosquito Bites (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files)
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2006
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6 editions
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Sylvia Plath’s revered (& only) novel is nearly 60 & it’s still all-things-to-all-readers. It’s feminist canon, but also frequently dismissed as “Catcher in the Rye for girls.” It’s a romanticized icon of doomed youth (like Plath herself?), but also
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| Booker-winner Desai took 19 years to write “Sonia & Sunny.” The result is, unsurprisingly, very long. With a book this bloated—a giant Indian love story & family saga—you can’t help but look for places to cut. Shorten the run-on travelogue descriptio ...more | |
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| It’s probably unfair to fault “R&G” for not popping on the page. Stoppard’s absurdist comedy is meant to be seen, not read. It catapulted the playwright to fame & won the 1968 Tony. It’s often compared to “Godot.” (Not favorably, if you ask me.) Givi ...more | |
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| “Monsters” (2014) was the last book the late-great Denis Johnson published in his lifetime. It’s a Conrad-ish journey through East Africa with maybe-spies, maybe-swindler buddies whose passports & promises are all fake. It’s kinda light on Johnson’s ...more | |
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| “Monsters” (2014) was the last book the late-great Denis Johnson published in his lifetime. It’s a Conrad-ish journey through East Africa with maybe-spies, maybe-swindler buddies whose passports & promises are all fake. It’s kinda light on Johnson’s ...more | |
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This group is intended to be a forum for discussion, not debate, of ideas and books on racism with the objective of improving our individual understan ...more
