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Current Affairs: Books and Films

There has been a wave of essential books and films / documentaries to counter current times. Here are some from 2017.

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

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Book

In So You Want to Talk About Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a...

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

David Frum

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As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...

politics
Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Women’s March Organizers and Conde Nast

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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD - SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH - AMERICA FERRERA - ROXANE GAY - ILANA...

politics social issues
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Afua Hirsch

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Avg: 9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Where are you really from? You’re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in...

Politics social issues Race
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Valeria Luiselli

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Avg: 9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Book

A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands...

social sciences
and 34 other items
     
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RəX Regent (349 KP) rated Airport (1970) in Movies

Apr 26, 2021  
Airport (1970)
Airport (1970)
1970 | Action, Drama, Mystery
8
7.0 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Decent drama (2 more)
Engagement
Detailed
Everyone's having affairs! (0 more)
  
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Katie Niles (20 KP) is asking for a recommendation

Jun 15, 2018  
Recommend Me
Books that involve mystery, murder, affairs, scandal, serial killer
      
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Katie (868 KP) Jun 15, 2018

If you're interested in non fiction, anything by Ann Rule.
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Briannabrown1019 (799 KP) Jun 18, 2018

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough covers affairs, mystery, and a side of thriller. ?‍♀️
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) shared own list

Sep 20, 2017
Will be continually adding to this but there have been some amazing books and films exploring current affairs.
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Current Affairs: Books and Films

There has been a wave of essential books and films / documentaries to counter current times. Here are some from 2017.

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

User: 10 -
Avg: 10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

In So You Want to Talk About Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a...

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

David Frum

User: 9 -
Avg: 9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...

politics
Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

Women’s March Organizers and Conde Nast

User: 8 -
Avg: 8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD - SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH - AMERICA FERRERA - ROXANE GAY - ILANA...

politics social issues
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Afua Hirsch

User: 9 -
Avg: 9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Where are you really from? You’re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in...

Politics social issues Race
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

Valeria Luiselli

User: 10 -
Avg: 9.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Book

A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands...

social sciences
and 34 other items
     
      
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) Sep 20, 2017

No problem! This year has been mammoth for current affairs related books and films!
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Grinch (194 KP) rated Face the Nation - Season 1 in TV

Apr 21, 2017  
Face the Nation - Season 1
Face the Nation - Season 1
1954 | News
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
Current affairs. (1 more)
Many high calibre guests.
Program featuring one or more question-and-answer sessions with prominent figures currently in the news. One of the longest-running programs on television.
  
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about The Thick of It - Season 1 in TV

Oct 16, 2017 (Updated Oct 16, 2017)  
Video

The Thick of It Series 1- 4

Welcome to the Ministry for Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSAC), a government department barely registering on the Today Programme radar, but high-profile enough to produce pant-wetting panic among the major parties?

   
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Merissa (12597 KP) created a post

Dec 13, 2024  
"Intrigue, illicit affairs, and power-mongering that takes place behind the shiny façade of Versailles."

Excerpt: Courting the Sun by Peggy Joque Williams - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #Versailles, #LouisXIV, #HistoricalFiction, available in #KindleUnlimited,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/excerpt-courting-the-sun-by-peggy-joque-williams
      
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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Persuasion in Books

Jul 28, 2017  
Persuasion
Persuasion
Jane Austen | 1817 | Essays, Romance
5
8.3 (29 Ratings)
Book Rating
The usual periodic melodrama
I struggled to get into this. There were moments where I understood why Jane Austen was hailed for addressing inequality between the sexes but it ended up being the usual story about love affairs in the middle and upper classes.
  
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Kimmic (814 KP) rated The Platform (2019) in Movies

Mar 22, 2020  
The Platform (2019)
The Platform (2019)
2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
7
6.9 (11 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Strange film!
I decided to watch this film as the overall concept seemed ironic considering the current state of affairs here in England.
It has some gory moments but isn't a scary horror film
I enjoyed it, although I would have preferred a different ending
  
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Leonard Cohen recommended Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk in Books (curated)

 
Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk
Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk
Shozan Jack Haubner | 2013 | Biography, Religion
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This punk of a monk, who should be tending to his own affairs, has decided to infect the real world with his tall tales, and worse, to let the cat out of the bag. And what a sly, dangerous, beautiful, foul-smelling, heart-warming beast it is."

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