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mapmeld set a goal to read 20 books in 2022
mapmeld rated The impossible country: 3 stars
mapmeld rated House on fire: 5 stars
House on fire by William H. Foege
"A story of courage and risk-taking, House on Fire tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions …
mapmeld rated Brutish Museums: 4 stars
Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks
Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: …
mapmeld rated Smashing Statues: 4 stars
mapmeld rated The Genetic Lottery: 2 stars
mapmeld rated Supreme power: 5 stars
Supreme power by Jeff Shesol
In the years before World War II, Franklin Roosevelt's fiercest, most unyielding opponent was neither a foreign power nor "fear …
mapmeld rated Against the Grain: 3 stars
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors …
mapmeld rated “Prisons Make Us Safer”: 2 stars
mapmeld rated No Friend but the Mountains: 4 stars
No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian
Winner of The Victorian Prize for Literature, and the Prize for Non-Fiction, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019
Where have I …
