markgiannullo reviewed Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew
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4 stars
Powerful and bleak.
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markgiannullo rated Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell: 4 stars
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
markgiannullo rated Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: 4 stars
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
markgiannullo reviewed Redshirts by John Scalzi
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES
Ensign Andrew Dahl …
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4 stars
Do you enjoy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Star Trek? Read this.
markgiannullo reviewed Redshirts by John Scalzi
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …
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4 stars
Do you enjoy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Star Trek? Read this.
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History …
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5 stars
"Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number!
Shake your chains to earth, like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you—
Ye are many; they are few!"
-Shelly
"You. Must. Learn."
-KRS-One
"Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number!
Shake your chains to earth, like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you—
Ye are many; they are few!"
-Shelly
"You. Must. Learn."
-KRS-One
markgiannullo reviewed Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run is an autobiography of American songwriter-musician Bruce Springsteen that was released on …
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5 stars
Especially good in the audiobook version. Not much better than listening to Bruce talk about his life as I drive through Monmouth county.
markgiannullo reviewed Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story …
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5 stars
Especially good in the audiobook version. Not much better than listening to Bruce talk about his life as I drive through Monmouth county.
markgiannullo rated The New Jim Crow: 5 stars
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, …
markgiannullo rated The New Jim Crow: 5 stars
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, a civil …
markgiannullo reviewed Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the …
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4 stars
Maybe closer to 3 1/2 stars. A fast read. Enjoyable, but sometimes I lost the thread, as it was often like listening to gossip about another person's social circle. It's incredible that this is our reality.
Maybe closer to 3 1/2 stars. A fast read. Enjoyable, but sometimes I lost the thread, as it was often like listening to gossip about another person's social circle. It's incredible that this is our reality.
markgiannullo reviewed 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
9-11 is a collection of essays by and interviews with Noam Chomsky first published in …
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4 stars
Maybe closer to 3 1/2 stars. A fast read. Enjoyable, but sometimes I lost the thread, as it was often like listening to gossip about another person's social circle. It's incredible that this is our reality.
Maybe closer to 3 1/2 stars. A fast read. Enjoyable, but sometimes I lost the thread, as it was often like listening to gossip about another person's social circle. It's incredible that this is our reality.
markgiannullo rated Unfaithful music & disappearing ink: 4 stars
Unfaithful music & disappearing ink by Elvis Costello
Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White …
markgiannullo rated The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: 4 stars
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (George Smiley, #3)
In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by …