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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Right Wing Populism in America Too Close for Comfort
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Chip Berlet
Julia PDX
, December 07, 2012
This is a well-researched and engaging volume about the different currents and influence of the racist Right in America. A dark but important read!
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Cities Of Salt
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Abdelrahman Munif
Julia PDX
, April 03, 2012
I was assigned this book in a college course almost a decade ago. Rediscovering it in 2012 was a pleasure. Muniif's narrative is engrossing and illuminates the interactions between people with varying levels of privilege and power.
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Different Mirror a History of Multicultural America
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Ronald Takaki
Julia PDX
, April 02, 2012
Takaki's book was well researched and vividly written. It traces the history of the United States from below, like Zinn's "People's History," and through the eyes of immigrants and marginalized communities. An important work for understanding how we got to where we are today.
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Strange Defeat A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
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Marc Bloch
Julia PDX
, January 21, 2012
Marc Bloch, a French historian from a Jewish family and veteran of WWI and WWII, joined the French Resistance during the occupation. In "Strange Defeat," written as Bloch was fighting in the French Resistance, he provides rich detail about the collapse of the French military from a first-hand perspective. This brilliant and heartbreaking work was published after Bloch was executed for his activity.
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A Dance with Dragons: Song of Ice and Fire 5
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George R R Martin
Julia PDX
, September 01, 2011
George R. R. Martin continues to captivate with his most recent addition to the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series with "A Dance with Dragons." With an intricately woven plot and complex characters, Martin's story ranks up there with the best fantasy tales ever told. I can't wait for the next book.
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Our Enemies in Blue Police & Power in America
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Kristian Williams
Julia PDX
, January 01, 2011
This book is incredibly well-researched and clearly presented. Williams does a fabulous job of tracing the history of modern policing in the United States from the slave patrols to present day. Rich in detail and accessible in style, I would recommend "Our Enemies in Blue" to anyone interested in examining structural injustices in our system of policing, in making sense of negative experiences with the cops, and/or looking for a jumping off point for much needed change. I learned more than a couple pieces of Oregon history regarding racism and the police that are too often forgotten.
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Our Enemies in Blue Police & Power in America
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Kristian Williams
Julia PDX
, January 31, 2010
This is my favorite nonfiction book! Williams combines thorough research and citation, accessible language, and coherent, critical thought to illuminate the history and function of modern policing. Towards the end of the book, he explores alternatives to police, leaving the reader with a more just framework for evaluating what it can mean for a community to "protect and serve" itself.
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Lafcadio
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Shel Silverstein
Julia PDX
, November 01, 2009
This is the best book about alienation I have ever read. I loved Lafcadio as a child, and I love Uncle Shelby's story about a bright, curious lion's existential crisis to this day.
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Another Country
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James Baldwin
Julia PDX
, November 01, 2009
James Baldwin's prose is stunning and brutal, sometimes heartbreaking, and always true to his experience in our world. In Another Country, Baldwin courageously explores themes of race, gender, class and sexuality as he tells the story of a black musician's life in New York and the communities in which he finds himself. The characters that populate the pages of Another Country are nuanced, and the plot masterfully illuminates complex systems of oppression without seeming even a little contrived. This is one of my favorite books of all time.
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Blood & Politics The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream
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Leonard Zeskind
Julia PDX
, October 28, 2009
Zeskind has an exhaustive knowledge of white power movements in the United States, Blood and Politics clearly illustrates this fact. The author does a great job of conveying a large amount of information to the reader, while writing accessibly at the same time. On occasion, Zeskind is unnecessarily thorough, failing to trim down his presentation of different sectors of the white power movement relative to their historical importance. The most prominent example being his focus on the minutiae of Willis Carto's political machinations, and lack of focus on the growing anti-immigration/Nativist movement. The real value in Blood and Politics lies in its illumination of the influences and crossover between different white power movements. The book's main flaw is its failure to connect this trend of radical racism to its larger, systemic moorings in law enforcement, policy, school, and prisons.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Ernest Hemingway
Julia PDX
, October 28, 2009
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a massive dude-bro hero romp. Hemingway does not understand the context of the Spanish Civil War nor the political positions and military roles of the major players; his narrative simply reiterates Stalinist mischaracterization of anarchist organizing. Nonetheless, this novel is valuable for those seeking to understand a variety of perspectives on the war.
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The Sheep Look Up
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John Brunner
Julia PDX
, October 28, 2009
Brunner somehow manages rising and falling tension while simultaneously denying even a moment of relief for the characters from their nightmare existence. He uses clipped but descriptive snapshots to reveal a not particularly distant future that is a living hell, of our own making. Brunner's world is devastated by pollution and waste, white supremacist imperialism, homophobia and sexism. Loved the book, my main complaint is his portrayal of women (ie: describing their hyper-sexualized attire without delving too deep into the nature of their oppression in his world, etc) and lack of characters with deep strategic analysis as to how to help their wreck of a world.
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