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Callousgirl

Callousgirl

Semper Occultus
#187
#187
Since it was Tuesday, and it is new book release day, I went to the bookstore and got.

Opium

Opium
How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World
John H Halpern, MB and David Blistein
hachette books

Sudden Courage

Sudden Courage
Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940 - 1945
Ronald C Rosbottom
HarperCollins Publishers (Custom House)

KOCHLAND

KOCHLAND
The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard
Simon & Schuster

The Immoral Majority

The Immoral Majority
Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values
Ben Howe
Broadside Books

Agrippina

Agrippina
The most extraordinary woman of the Roman World
Emma Southon
Pegaus Books

THE BURIED

THE BURIED
An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler
Penguin Press

Crisis in the Red Zone

Crisis in the Red Zone
The story of the deadliest ebola outbreak in history, and of the outbreaks to come
Richard Preston
Random House

Another Kind of War

Another Kind of War
The Nature and History of Terrorism
John Lynn II
Yale University Press

@Lady Wolfshead
 
Lady Wolfshead

Lady Wolfshead

wishes you well
#188
#188
Callousgirl said:
Since it was Tuesday, and it is new book release day, I went to the bookstore and got.

Opium

Opium
How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World
John H Halpern, MB and David Blistein
hachette books

Sudden Courage

Sudden Courage
Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940 - 1945
Ronald C Rosbottom
HarperCollins Publishers (Custom House)

KOCHLAND

KOCHLAND
The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard
Simon & Schuster

The Immoral Majority

The Immoral Majority
Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values
Ben Howe
Broadside Books

Agrippina

Agrippina
The most extraordinary woman of the Roman World
Emma Southon
Pegaus Books

THE BURIED

THE BURIED
An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Peter Hessler
Penguin Press

Crisis in the Red Zone

Crisis in the Red Zone
The story of the deadliest ebola outbreak in history, and of the outbreaks to come
Richard Preston
Random House

Another Kind of War

Another Kind of War
The Nature and History of Terrorism
John Lynn II
Yale University Press

@Lady Wolfshead
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Wow. They all sound interesting especially the opium book. My neighborhood has lots of end-stage opiate and crystal meth addicts with emaciated bodies, hollow faces and that weathered look of being older than they are. Worse, you can tell their brains have atrophied. It's so sad. I know some of them have gone through treatment and trying for sobriety but it's difficult when they are on welfare receiving minimal income and surrounded by temptation of drug dealers everywhere.
 
Callousgirl

Callousgirl

Semper Occultus
#190
#190
Lady Wolfshead said:
Wow. They all sound interesting especially the opium book. My neighborhood has lots of end-stage opiate and crystal meth addicts with emaciated bodies, hollow faces and that weathered look of being older than they are. Worse, you can tell their brains have atrophied. It's so sad. I know some of them have gone through treatment and trying for sobriety but it's difficult when they are on welfare receiving minimal income and surrounded by temptation of drug dealers everywhere.
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@Lady Wolfshead

The book Opium should be a interesting read. In general theory, I try to avoid a book with two authors, as they are very edited and goes deeply with the legal department to become general reading. Still, with the political nature of the subject of opium, it was on my list of getting for around three months. In general, I look for interesting books with a general political of social angle within the books.

Reading ...

Anointed With Oil

Anointed With Oil
How Christianity and Crude made modern America
Darren Dochuk
Basic Books, Published June 2019

Darren Dochuk is associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta -- Canada's oil capital -- he now lives in South Bend, Indiana.
 
Callousgirl

Callousgirl

Semper Occultus
#192
#192
Since it is Tuesday, it is new book release day, so I went to the bookstore

THE FAMILY

THE FAMILY
The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Jeff Sharlet
Harper Collins Publishers, Published 2008

The book is coming out in a Netflix series

JOHNNY CASH

JOHNNY CASH
The Redemption of an American Icon
Greg Laurie
Salem Books, Published 2019

THE OUTLAW OCEAN

THE OUTLAW OCEAN
Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Ian Urbina
Alfred A Knopf (Borzoi Book), Published 2019
 
Callousgirl

Callousgirl

Semper Occultus
#197
#197
Since it is Tuesday, this is the books I got at the bookstore today ...

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great
His Life and his Mysterious Death
Anthony Everitt
Random House, Published 2019

Cold Warriors

Cold Warriors
Writers who Waged the Literary Cold War
Duncan White
Custom House, Published 2019

EMPEROR

EMPEROR
A New Life of Charles V
Geoffrey Parker
Yale University Press, Published 2019

three women

three women
lisa taddeo
avid reader press, Published 2019
 
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