bookshelves: spring-2015, published-2015, nonfiction, biography, twats-in-real-life, true-grime, totalitarian, rape, casual-violence, north-korea, south-korea, microhistory, cults-societies-brotherhoods, propaganda, art-forms, betrayal, bullies, censorship, dark-ages, eye-scorcher, foxtrotted-unifo...
I realize I am a little late to the table on this one, but bear with me if you have not read these books. I stopped asking for samplers in the recent past, because I tend to read an excerpt, like the book, and order it. Then, time passes and my early onset Alzheimers (thank you Lisa Genova for teach...
This book is a strong 3.5 stars, maybe even tilting toward 4. If you're interested in it—read it. It's fun, short, and fascinating. My star-docking is more of a content critique, but (attention spans being what they are these days) I wanted to get that out of the way. Development Kim Jong-Il was n...
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