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Jim’s favorite books

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

A Long Strange Trip by Dennis McNally

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

Nobody's Wife by Joan Haverty Kerouac

White Bicycles by Joe Boyd

The Night Manager by John le Carré

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley

In Close Harmony by Charles K. Wolfe

The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall

The Bluegrass Reader by Thomas Goldsmith

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Biography of a Da...

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Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson

by Andrew S. Curran (Goodreads Author)

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Treasures Untold : A Modern 78 RPM Reader

by Josh Rosenthal

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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music (ZE Series, 6)

by Joe Boyd

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Ilan Pappé

“Zionism offered itself as the solution to anti-Semitism, but became the main reason for its continued presence.”
― Ilan Pappé, Ten Myths About Israel

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Biography, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Philosophy, and Suspense

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