Alex rated The Shock Doctrine: 5 stars
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past …
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Sono Americano e il mio Italiano é molto fuori di pratica. Studiavo per un anno al'Universitá di Bologna più di venti cinque anni fa. Italo Calvino é il mio autore Italiano favorito. Oh, wait, seems like a fairly international crowd here.
Over on Mastodon, I'm: @alex_galt@mas.to I'm not sure how to connect this thing to that thing.
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Alex rated Where the Sidewalk Ends: 5 stars
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, …
Alex rated Atlas Shrugged: 1 star
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Her fourth and final novel published during her lifetime, it was …
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …
Alex rated The Omnivore's Dilemma: 4 stars
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
What should we have for dinner? For omnivore's like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma: When you …
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as …
Alex rated The Dharma Bums: 3 stars
Alex rated Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: 4 stars
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways …
Alex rated The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: 4 stars
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, …
Alex rated Don Quixote: 5 stars
Alex rated Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!: 3 stars
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families …
Alex rated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: 5 stars
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …
Alex rated The Divine Comedy: 4 stars
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia Italian pronunciation: [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. …
Alex rated The Catcher in the Rye: 5 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New …
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …