Viet Thanh Nguyen - 'A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir. A History. A Memorial'
An author's battle with where he grew up, who he is, and where he's at.
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Norman Solomon - 'War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine'
A book that shows how the USA and some of their media hide victims when necessary and bow to profit.
Noam Chomsky - 'Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time'
Chomsky talks about the most current pressing matters currently on Earth, mainly the climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad - 'The Withdrawal - Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power'
Vijay Prashad - 'Washington Bullets'
This excellent book on CIA, coups, and assassinations, is weighed, loaded with fact, and is (remarkably so) briefly written.
Laurence Rees - 'Hitler's Charisma'
Terrific writing from a masterful historian makes this another great addition to the pantheon of books about World War II and human nature.
Tom Roston - 'The Writer's Crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'
Youthfully sprawled but too free, a somewhat interesting portrait of Vonnegut's masterpiece.
