China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay
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When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to...
History Politics economics
Ross (3284 KP) rated Marvel's Iron Fist - Season 1 in TV
Aug 7, 2018
Glad I got through it at last.
El Sicario: Confessions of a Cartel Hit Man
Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden
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Meet El Sicario. A fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed...
Loving Pablo, Hating ESCOBAR
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VIRGINIA VALLEJO: Top Colombian television journalist, cover model and socialite PABLO ESCOBAR: Head...
The Captain of Kopenick
Ron Hutchinson and Carl Zuckmayer
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"Released after fifteen years in prison, trapped in a bureaucratic maze, petty criminal Wilhelm...
An Officer and a Spy
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In the hunt for a spy, he exposed a conspiracy. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical...
Nocturnal Animals: Film Tie-in Originally Published as Tony and Susan
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The novel that inspired the 2016 major motion picture Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal...
Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio and J.G. Nichols
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In the summer of 1348, the plague ravages Florence, and ten young Florentines take refuge in the...
Empire V: The Prince of Hamlet
Victor Pelevin and Anthony Phillips
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Roman thought he'd found the perfect opportunity to rebel. He may have been wrong. He awakens...
Burmese Days
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Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating...