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Erika (17789 KP) rated Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence in Books

Mar 20, 2021

Had I known more about the author, I probably wouldn't have read this book. I didn't like the woman herself, she's part of a very large group of women that have selective memory regarding stories, like her own.
Her story of survival was well-written, but I still don't like her.

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Jon Savage recommended The Warriors (1979) in Movies (curated)

The Warriors (1979)

1979 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.5

(28 Ratings)

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"One of my favourite rewatches, a fantastic odyssey. It doesn't let up! I love stories that are just the passage of a group of people through a concentrated period of time and this is a strong dose of that. The gang costumes and the whole look of New York are incredible."

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John Krasinski recommended How We Are Hungry in Books (curated)

How We Are Hungry

Dave Eggers | 2006 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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"The author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is definitely one of the best writers around. No one can put you in a world quite like he can. And in How We Are Hungry, a book of short stories, you have the luxury of having that experience multiple times."

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Viggo Mortensen recommended Danmarks Kronike in Books (curated)

Danmarks Kronike

Saxo Grammaticus | 2011

(0 Ratings)

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"This is the best book for understanding the early history of society, literature and politics of Northern Europe. Without Saxo’s research and extensive work in compiling ancient texts and oral stories, our knowledge of early Nordic, Germanic, Celtic and English cultures and nation-building would be far poorer than it is."

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Amy Fine Collins recommended The Thief of Bagdad (1940) in Movies (curated)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

1940 | Action, Family, Sci-Fi

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Exactly what movies are meant to generate: fantasy, magic, beauty, and unapologetic escapism. The bizarre source material, stories from The Arabian Nights, gives costume designers Oliver Messel, John Armstrong, and Marcel Vertès license to unleash their prodigious imaginations. I collect the work of Vertès, who was also a prolific fashion illustrator."

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Chelsea Handler recommended Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays in Books (curated)

"Rebecca Solnit goes deep with statistics, personal stories, and others’ accounts of how brutal this world can be for women, the history of how we’ve been treated, and what it will take to change the conversation: MEN. We need them to be as outraged as we are and join our fight."

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