It’s always great to see more Vancouver history books, especially entertaining ones. Even with this subject material, however, Canadian writers seem to pride themselves to paint a PG-13 picture. I hope to see this trend die-out, and for millennial and zoomer writers to add more passion. Another Aaron Chapman classic. You can’t get too mad at the guy for painting the tensions between the Filippones and the cops as a friendly rivalry. After all, he’s the only guy doing this kind of work about the city.
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Steel Rabbit started reading Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
From book jacket: Narrated by the enigmatic Owen Brown, last surviving son of America's most famous and still controversial political …
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Steel Rabbit reviewed Liquor, lust, and the law by Aaron Chapman
Vancouver's Hip Past
3 stars
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Steel Rabbit reviewed The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution is a 1938 book by …
Class Conflict in San Domingo
4 stars
An incredible piece of writing that not only grasps the historical significance of Toussaint L'Ouverture, but the real material structure that led to the Haitian revolution. Written in the mid-'30s, too, which really puts the revolution in the context of the World Wars.
An incredible piece of writing that not only grasps the historical significance of Toussaint L'Ouverture, but the real material structure that led to the Haitian revolution. Written in the mid-'30s, too, which really puts the revolution in the context of the World Wars.
Steel Rabbit finished reading The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution is a 1938 book by Trinidadian historian C. L. R. …
Steel Rabbit reviewed Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and …
Hand This Book to Your Centrist Friends and Family
4 stars
A thorough and readable account of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Steel Rabbit finished reading Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe …
Steel Rabbit reviewed The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of …
An Enthralling Read
4 stars
An earnest examination of Coates’ self, history, and previous writing, all while traveling through Senegal, North Carolina, and Palestine. Moving and thought-provoking to be sure.
Steel Rabbit finished reading The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic Politics and the …
Steel Rabbit started reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. …
Steel Rabbit reviewed Malekith by Gav Thorpe
A Real Mean Elf
3 stars
Solid story about a character we know falls from grace. Sets up a trilogy with further implications, so doesn’t give a satisfying end, if that’s what you’re in to.
Steel Rabbit started reading Essential works of Lenin by Lenin
Steel Rabbit rated Things Fall Apart: 4 stars
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life …