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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

444 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings

The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan

Michael Hastings

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers by Peter Tomsen

The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers

Peter Tomsen

850 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

416 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

367 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Blueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot

Blueprints of the Afterlife

Ryan Boudinot

430 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging funny medium-paced
City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

448 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

576 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
fiction dystopian science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War by Mouloud Feraoun

Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War

Mouloud Feraoun

340 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo de Witte, Ludo de Witte

Assassination of Lumumba

Ludo de Witte, Ludo de Witte

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0bradley_jf's review
nonfiction politics emotional informative slow-paced