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Dan Shuman rated Reign of Terror: 5 stars
Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman
"An impressive combination of diligence and verve, deploying Ackerman’s deep stores of knowledge as a national security journalist to full …
Dan Shuman rated Bring the War Home: 5 stars
Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew
The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its …
Dan Shuman rated Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism: 5 stars
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public …
Dan Shuman rated Fallout: 5 stars
Dan Shuman rated Easy Money: 5 stars
Easy Money by Jacob Silverman, Ben McKenzie
“Crypto is Vegas without the drinks, the dinner, or the show,” contend Gotham actor McKenzie and journalist Silverman (Terms of …
Dan Shuman rated LikeWar: 5 stars
LikeWar by P. W. Singer
"Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only …
Dan Shuman rated Your Face Belongs to Us: 5 stars
Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill
New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview …
Dan Shuman rated The Chaos Machine: 5 stars
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to …
Dan Shuman rated How Infrastructure Works: 5 stars
How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra
A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us
Infrastructure …
Dan Shuman rated Saving Us: 4 stars
Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe
“A must-read if we’re serious about enacting positive change from the ground up, in communities, and through human connections and …
Dan Shuman rated The Great Displacement: 5 stars
Dan Shuman rated Blowout: 5 stars
Blowout by Rachel Maddow
In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including …
Dan Shuman rated The Fifth Risk: 5 stars
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis's brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders. In …
Dan Shuman rated Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis: 5 stars
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond
In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise …