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Bessel van der Kolk, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score (2014, Viking) 4 stars

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath …

Review of 'The Body Keeps the Score' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Gave me many aha-moments, about the mind boggling behavior some obviously damaged people put on.
This is probably worthwhile for introduction and experts alike. Read this if you want to get a better idea, what's going on with all those traumatized people.

Jung Chang: Wild Swans (AudiobookFormat, 1995, Chivers Audio Books) 5 stars

"Jung Chang vividly evokes China's sights, sounds, and smells to create what must be one …

Review of 'Wild Swans' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A cautionary tale of 3 eventful lifes, during Chinas transition from feudalism to modernity. Misogyny, civil war and occupation in China we're just blank facts for me before this book filled them with living images.

This book left me shocked about the absurdites costing lifes of millions and mesmerized humans ever managed to bring societies to prosper at the current level.

Not being much informed about world history this book leaves me wanting to read Jung Chang's Biography of Mao.

Barack Obama: A Promised Land (2020) 4 stars

A Promised Land is a memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United …

Review of 'A Promised Land' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

History from the front-row perspective.

Entertaining with honest accounts, you seldomly feel Obama is overselling his presidency. He does a very fine job of reading this book aloud aswell.

For me the dynamics of power were insightful - the personal anecdotes quite funny. And I'm definitely going to listen to the 2nd part.