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    Composure

    Composure

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    Composure is an adult card game to challenge your relationships. Each card asks you to take a...

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Unspeakable in Books

Oct 22, 2017 (Updated Oct 22, 2017)  
Unspeakable
Unspeakable
David Talbot, Chris Hedges | 2016 | History & Politics
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A biting outlook on American politics by a veteran journalist
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and Salon founder David Talbot have a frank conversation about political taboos in this new series of books on 'forbidden' topics.

Hedges writes about politics with a principled fury and an eye to pointing out injustice, even at the cost of his own career as an acclaimed war correspondent. The book is a long-running commentary on the many issues Hedges confronts in his writing, including war, Occupy Wall Street, and the New York Times's relationship to organs of state power.

At times, he sounds like a bitter preacher, at other times, he is focused and forms excellent arguments against the establishment. His views on the pornification of society are liberating, finally addressing the underlying issues of economics invading the private space.

His observation that the today's ruling elites are out of touch with the country they govern and has borne out in the 2016 election cycle, shows that even the most stridently expressed views aren't necessarily wrong.
  
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Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated Secret Son in Books

Jul 5, 2018  
Secret Son
Secret Son
Laila Lalami | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Secrets of Morocco: Politics and Power
Secret Son by Laila Lalami is set in modern-day Casablanca in Morocco. Throughout the book, you get a taste of the life lived by the poor in their slums and shanty towns, but also you get to understand the life of the wealthy. I know that this situation exists in a lot of developing countries, but to see a city where both extremes exist in parallel, is still shocking.

What makes this book more interesting is that our protagonist, Youssef has a foot in both of these worlds. He has grown up in the slums of Casablanca where his mother and friends are but, like any young person he wants more and is drawn towards the skyscrapers and wealth on the other side of the city. Throughout the book, we seek this battle being fought inside Youssef as he tries to balance striving for what he wants with being grateful for what he already has.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2017/02/the-secrets-of-morocco-politics-and.html