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I preordered "Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff because I'm unhealthily obsessed with this gently caress lagoon of a presidency. It's probably going to be a waste of $15 but I have poor impulse control.
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I read a different book about this: This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed by Charles Cobb. More of an overview of the movement than just in one state, though. I'd recommend it.
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I'm halfway through Fire and Fury now. It's certainly a fun read but I often find myself questioning whether something is accurate or not. It's more like enjoying a scathing piss take than reading a well-researched, reliable narrative.
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So I finished Fire and Fury a while ago and I'm only now getting around to writing a post about it. Bottom line, it's an interesting book. But I find myself wondering how much of it is true and how much of it isn't. And honestly, some of the things written seem somewhat suspect. He includes quotes from telephone calls that I wonder how he would have possibly gotten to hear both sides of. He's said he has tapes and all, but in the end I can't reliably trust anything in it, and that hampered my fun in reading it more than a little. I think it's still worth checking out at the very least. As someone who has very much enjoyed every slip-up and stupid mistake that's come out of this White House, this book really tickled the part of my brain that loves this stuff.
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Mycroft Holmes posted:if people believed david cameron hosed a dead pigs mouth without a shred of evidence they will believe this book Can I like ironically believe something because that's how I approach the Cameron pig loving
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Epic High Five posted:The Lathe of Heaven, one of my absolute favorites by Ursula K Le Guin, is only $1 today on Amazon for the ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Lathe-Heaven-Ursula-K-Guin-ebook/dp/B00JTZ95I0 Just grabbed this one
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Yossarian-22 posted:Is the ebook file, you know, good? I own a paperwhite and I've found that some of their ebooks suck ed balls vis-à-vis formatting and whatnot I haven't opened it yet but Amazon will let you refund an ebook if the formatting sucks
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Jan 27, 2018 05:21
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Could anyone please recommend a book about the credit/financial system to me? I already read Creditocracy and I want more.
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Badger of Basra posted:I just finished Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink by Louis Hyman. It's pretty good but also obviously a dissertation turned into a book (lots of typos, some arguments are difficult to follow). It also has some arguments that will make CSPAM regulars roll their eyes real hard (capitalism is not inherently bad but must be sufficiently regulated). However that argument mostly comes in the foreword and the epilogue, and the middle parts are interesting history about the growth of consumer credit in the US up to the 90s. Thank you comrade
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I always forget to reply to the thread when I'm done with something, but I read Anarcho-syndicalism: Theory and Practice by Rudolf Rucker recently. I agree with a lot of the points made in the book, but I can't help but wonder how one might address the needs of those who do not or cannot work, like the disabled and chronically ill. My main takeaway, however, is that unions are probably the best way of immediately changing the world for the better. I never really fancied myself an anarchist before, because I didn't figure anything could get done without organization under a party, but apparently anarchy doesn't mean a lack of organization!
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GalacticAcid posted:Recently read [url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/red-globalization/DAE3ADBABBEF84748E9E14D4BE9C82A2]Red Globalization: The Political Economy of I also read this and I felt that it could have been better, but it was still alright for a debut novel.
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Book club report: Everyone agrees that "Salt: A World History" by Mark Kurlansky loving blows
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Goon Danton posted:So due to recent events, all my reading time is going to be replaced by house-renovating time for the next few months. Is there a good audiobook version of Capital, by any chance? Or other lefty audiobooks generally, I suppose. Librevox seems to have volume one! https://librivox.org/capital-volume-1-by-karl-marx/
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I started reading The Ego and Its Own but I've not made much progress yet. I think I'm not in the mood for anything serious right now.
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Epic High Five posted:btw all books at Haymarket are half price right now: Any particular recommendations?
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I'm thinking about buying a copy of The Autonomous City. Have any of you read it?
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Jul 28, 2018 10:09
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The Omarosa book comes out in 4 days and I'm debating on whether to get it. It's probably going to be trash but this administration makes me crave drama.
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Now that we have the "talking about the n word tape tape" that Omarosa gave CBS I might actually get the book and post the fun parts.
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So this Bob Woodward book... is it going to be worth buying? Also, bold to release it on 9/11, I think.
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Goon Danton posted:Generally with these kinds of books, all the good bits get leaked to twitter pretty quickly, and you get the added fun of spotting the obvious fakes to keep your skepticism glands working. I still really enjoyed the Wolff one despite this, but I really don't want to spend >$30 USD on tell-alls this year
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My library got several copies of Fear, so I placed a hold
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Posted this in the e-book thread as well, but PM Press is having a sale on ebooks for two bucks. A lot of the subjects they cover are going to be of interest to the readers of this thread. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102455632475&ca=03d78f7e-30fb-47cd-8933-ac0c0851b4bb
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So another PM Press post: they're doing a new subscription service where you get all their new books each month https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1
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StashAugustine posted:I finished three body problem, the writing and pacing were weird (Idk if its translation). Was gonna read the sequels on the plane for fall break but I forgot the second one lol. Did read seeing like a state which was prerty interesting I thought about reading this one but I'll probably never get to it. RN I'm reading the absolutely wild book that is LIVEBLOG by Megan Boyle. There isn't an ebook version even though it was literally a Tumblr blog she deleted a year after starting it
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Can anyone recommend a good book on the history of Liberia? I figured I'd ask here before digging on my own.
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Epic High Five posted:all ebooks are 90% off at Haymarket this month!! Lots of good oneS!!!!!! Def scoping this out! If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them.
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Epic High Five posted:Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is good if you follow football at all, and also if you don't I might, but I really, really dislike sports. I got Shadow Government by Tom Engelhardt and Poor Workers' Unions by Vanessa Tait for now. There were some titles that I was interested in but there just aren't ebook versions. 
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I finished reading Bad Blood which is about the whole Thoranos thing and honestly it's the CSPAMmiest book I've read this year
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TheDon01 posted:Ive been wanting to read this but my library doesnt have a copy and even the used copies are still like 17$ Does your library not have it on Overdrive either? Mine did.
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TheDon01 posted:Is that some sort of e-reader thing? I cant read anything longer than a twitter post on a screen. Yeah it's a service that libraries use for ebooks  . See if your library does interlibrary loan!
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Nov 24, 2018 10:25
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I've finally started my promise to myself to alternate between books in English and Spanish and I'm having fun with some fiction from Spain right now. Can anyone recommend some interesting Spanish-language nonfiction? Preferably available as an ebook.
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StashAugustine posted:Anyone read Neuromancer? Does it hold up? I tried like a year or two ago to try it and I couldn't get into it despite being really into cyberpunk but a lot of people still swear by it so I say just give it a shot
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Speaking of the Verso sale, I saw this book (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2435-the-autonomous-city) in an anarchist book store and really wanted to get it but didn't have much money at the time, and I was looking through the covers on the site just now and thought it had a kind of similar design. Lo and behold, the book! E: After posting this saw Zizek and said "oh god they have Zizek" and my partner said "I thought you liked Zizek" and I said "No I like joking about Zizek"
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Verso for some reason can't verify my debit card so I guess I'm buying these books later. Oh well?
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Dec 16, 2018 20:15
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PM Press has all ebooks half off with code GIFT until the end of the year
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exmarx posted:big verso sale on until new year's They've sweetened the half off deal on ebooks to 80% off, which made my $15 cart that I left only $6. Good things come to those who wait?
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im on the net me boys posted:They've sweetened the half off deal on ebooks to 80% off, which made my $15 cart that I left only $6. Good things come to those who wait? Oh, and pro tip for my fellow procrastinators out there: The Verso website rejects cards that expire this month! I had to activate my new card to get my order to go through.
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Here's my actually about what I'm reading update: I finished Little Fires Everywhere and it was an unexpectedly really good book. Now I'm reading one of my new Verso books, Fictitious Capital, and it's also a very pleasant book. I'm really putting those two required econ courses to work!
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