Eric van Hout

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Eric van Hout

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Eric’s favorite books

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

Operation Nemesis by Eric Bogosian

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder

Pelgrim by Philip Dröge

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

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Sophie’s World

by Jostein Gaarder

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Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard

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While the rest of the men dived behind trees and rough tombstones, however, Churchill, sensing an opportunity and the eyes of the other officers, refused even to dismount. “I rode on my grey pony all along the front of the skirmish line ...more

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