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35
“
The Price of Inequality: How
today’s Divided Society Endangers
Our Future”
Joseph Stiglitz
From the man who popularized the
term “the one percent”, this book
shows how the future of the one
percent and the other 99 are bound
tightly together.
414
pg. (TP)
37
“
Mortality”
Christopher Hitchens
Written during the final stages of
his battle with esophageal cancer,
Hitchens writes about his impending
death with the same critical eye (and
sense of humor) as any other topic
he approached.
128
pg. (TP)
38
“
American Empire: The Rise of
a Global Power, the Democratic
Revolution at Home 1945-2000”
Joshua Freeman
Seriously, what’s the deal with
history books having excessively
long subtitles?
512
pg.
39
“
Every Love Story is a Ghost
Story: A Life of David Foster
Wallace”
D.T. Max
It’s the Year of David Foster Wallace
Elegies and I feel fine.
356
pg.
40
“
The Voice is all: The Lonely
Victory of Jack Kerouac”
Joyce Johnson
While he might be the most written
about American author, former lover
Joyce Johnson manages to reveal
new information about the tortured
genius that was Jack Kerouac.
512
pg.
42
“
Who I Am: A Memoir”
Pete Townshend
The long-awaited memoir of Pete
Townshend is finally here in all its
rock-god awesomeness!
544
pg. (TP)
43
“
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest,
Rebel”
John Guy
Just goes to show that if you are
hand-picked by the King, you should
never forget you were hand-picked
by the King, as ol’ T-Beck failed to do.
448
pg. (TP)
44
“
The Twilight War: The Secret
History of America’s Thirty-Year
Conflict with Iran”
David Crist (TP)
This is probably the most in-depth
look at a troubled history full of lies,
deceit and aggression between the
United States and Iran.
656
pg.
45
.“
The Signal and the Noise: Why
So Many Predictions Fail - But Some
Don’t”
Nate Silver
If you want to know why Nate Silver
was the big winner in the 2012
presidential election, then you should
read this book.
544
pg. (TP)
#36
“
Beyond the Blue Horizons:
How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked
the Secrets of the Oceans”
Brian Fagan
Sure everyone knows about the voyages of
Columbus, Captain Cook and Gilligan, but what
made the earliest mariners first take to the seas?
313
pg. (TP)
#41
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Joseph Anton”
Salman Rushdie
The long-awaited memoir of Salman Rushdie is
finally here in all its third-person awkwardness!
656
pg. (TP)
