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Guests | December 7, 2009

Theodore Gray: IMG The Cornucopia of Home Science



Reading old books of science experiments for children, it's easy to become nostalgic for the days when you could buy jugs of sulfur and mercury at... Continue »
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Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization by William Powers
Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization

rfresh, May 29, 2009

An excellent primer on Bolivia, rainforest conservation and indigenous movements.
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The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner
The Massacre at El Mozote

rfresh, May 29, 2009

Informative and disturbing, this lays out the facts so clearly about the massacre that it is hard to imagine another piece of writing on the subject uncovering more detail. A good read.
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Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras by Adrienne Pine
Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras

rfresh, May 27, 2009

Made me feel like I was there, which is the most you can ask of any anthropological study. Ms. Pine has crafted a portrait of Honduras that is moving and stays with you after you finish the book.
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More Terrible Than Death : Violence, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia (03 Edition) by Robin Kirk
More Terrible Than Death : Violence, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia (03 Edition)

rfresh, May 27, 2009

Excellent book. Works its way chronologically through Colombia's horrific history to its even scarier present. Hard to put down.
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The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? by Francisco Goldman
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?

rfresh, May 27, 2009

Excellent look into the troubled legal system of what the Economist has referred to as a possible failed state. The author lays the events out like a detective novel; overall great book.
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