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"You may recognize Diane Guerrero’s name from Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, but her memoir is about the tragedy that struck her in her childhood. When she was just 14 year old, she came home to discover that her parents and brother had been arrested and were being deported back to Columbia. Diane got to stay in the US because she was born here. At a time when immigrants are living in more fear than ever, Guerrero’s book is a must-read."

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A Pilgrim in Spain

Christopher Howse

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Christopher Howse has spent more than two decades exploring Spain. For him, its centuries-old...

Dream Cruising Destinations: 24 Classic Cruises Mapped and Explored

Vanessa Bird

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Most yachtsmen dream about cruising to an exotic destination; this is the book that will turn...

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Anonymous: Virgo Flagellatur (with Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble) by Jan Garbarek / Hilliard Ensemble

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Disgrace in Books

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Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

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A sombre tale of choices

At first, you end up loathing the cynical protagonist, a womanizing professor, who seems to have lost the will in life. Until the moment he realises the tragedy that befalls his daughter and that some things are out of his control.

The prose is poetic and decadent, but where I find some difficulties in processing is the protagonist's outlook of separating women into the virgin or prostitute category. What we understand is that the main character has actual little understanding around him. Very intriguing read.

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Chino Moreno recommended Talkie Walkie by Air in Music (curated)

Talkie Walkie by Air

2004 | Rock

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"I find Air to be more of a love band than a sex band. Romantic, not seductive… for before it gets dirty. Sonically it's very warm sounding, very inviting. The drums have this 70s muffled drum tone, nothing is brash or abrasive, all the songs roll, they come in waves. I liked Air before this, I came across them through the Virgin Suicides soundtrack, which had the song Playground Love, another saxophone one that I love. But the Talkie Walkie record is another of those where I like the whole thing, no skipping."

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