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Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Non-fiction: Politics

  • Non-fiction round up 2019

    I have been a bit sporadic with posting to this blog for a while, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading. What I have now is a backlog. An…


  • Prisoners of Geography

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. Let’s just say 2017 was a challenging year and leave it at that. I’m starting with Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall,…


  • The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

    The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha Published by Vintage in 2013 The Impossible State is an examination of North Korea and whether it will ever…


  • The Rent Trap

    The Rent Trap by Rosie Walker and Samir Jeraj Published by Pluto Books in 2016 The Rent Trap explores the world of private renting and how rising house prices make…


  • Shake Hands with the Devil

    Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire Published by Random House in 2003 I went to Rwanda last year on a…


  • The Secret State

    The Secret State by Peter Hennessy Published by Penguin in 2002, updated in 2010 The Secret State is about Britain’s secret plans to respond to an attack on the UK…


  • Honourable Friends

    Honourable Friends by Caroline Lucas is a tour through her experience as a Green Party MP over the last five years and a look at the work she’s tried to…


  • The Establishment

      In The Establishment, Owen Jones argues that the establishment is not so much a group of wealthy people in cahoots to keep everyone else down, but rather a collection…


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