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    Danye Clinch (2 KP)

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    I'm an observer, a keep to my selfer and a thinker

    Last Active: Jan 28, 2019
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    Smoorgan (8 KP)

    Stitcher, reader, generally a sloth :’)

    Socially awkward, mentally struggling occasionally.. but always trying to be a decent human.

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 22, 2017
Two illuminating memoirs, an irreverent essay collection, and some non-fiction war novels, here are New York Times' books of the week.
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New York Times Top Books This Week 21/09

Fall fiction is here and ready to entertain you, as new novels by Nicole Krauss, Salman Rushdie and Nathan Englander can attest.

The Golden House

The Golden House

Salman Rushdie

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When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious...

Fiction
Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A Novel

Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A Novel

Nathan Englander

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The best work yet from the Pulitzer finalist and best-selling author of For the Relief of Unbearable...

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Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

Inara Verzemnieks

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"It's long been assumed of the region where my grandmother was born...that at some point each year...

History Biography Memoir
A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

James Reston Jr.

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A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Vietnam Vet Revisits the Culture War that Raged around...

History Art Architecture
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    Lroni (0 KP)

    Literary Enthusiast and Self-made Artist

    I am a biochemist who in the long hours of the night creates art of various types while listening to...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list

Sep 8, 2017
The 2017 longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize, UK's top non-fiction book award is out! Reni Eddo-Lodge's book is pretty damn awesome.
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Books Editor (673 KP) added 12 items to the list BG Prize 2017

Sep 8, 2017
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BG Prize 2017

The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It is the most prestigious non-fiction prize in the UK. Here is the 2017 longlist:

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic

Daniel Mendelsohn

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From the best-selling author of 'The Lost', a deeply moving tale of a father, a son and the lessons...

A Bold and Dangerous Family

A Bold and Dangerous Family

Caroline Moorehead

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Mussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty...

History Politics
To be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

To be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

Mark O'Connell

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What is transhumanism? Simply put, it is a movement whose aim is to use technology to...

Belonging: the Story of the Jews, 1492-1900

Belonging: the Story of the Jews, 1492-1900

Simon Schama

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The Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us. And in our own time of anxious...

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Erika (17788 KP) rated Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Special Forces Unit that Sabotaged the Nazis... in Books

Feb 17, 2018 (Updated Feb 17, 2018)  
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Special Forces Unit that Sabotaged the Nazis...
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Special Forces Unit that Sabotaged the Nazis...
Ben Macintyre | 2016 | History & Politics
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Firstly, Ben Macintyre makes non-fiction read like fiction. The story behind the SAS is so completely interesting, and it was engaging all of the way through. The SAS is the forerunner of all Special Ops unit today.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War in Books

Feb 17, 2018  
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
Max Hastings | 2013 | History & Politics
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8.5 (2 Ratings)
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Max Hastings is another author that makes non-fiction read like fiction. This book did a great job to really streamline the reasons why the Great War started in 1914, and covered all of the activity until 1915.
  
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Liftport - The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
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Liftport - The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone
Arthur C. Clarke | 2006
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Some of the short stories were amusing, but too much of the fiction was excerpted from well-known novels. I have to admit that I only skimmed the non-fiction, which makes up the majority of the book.