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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Joseph Heller

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Tags: classic wwii war humanity absurd

2006-01-30

 

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Type: special

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Hunter S. Thompson

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Tags: bush history america gonzo sports

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Description: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness. Modern History from theBlood Sport, the Bush Doctrine and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness. Modern History from the ESPN.com Sports Desk...

2006-01-30

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Kurt Vonnegut

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Tags: classic war

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Description: "Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim,"Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden."...

2005-12-03

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Type: documentary

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Status: to read

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Author: Ernesto Che Guevara

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Tags: revolution politics socialism

2005-09-03

 

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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Samantha Power

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Tags: america politics genocide

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Description: A comprehensive look at genocides throughout history and how the United States has categoricallyA comprehensive look at genocides throughout history and how the United States has categorically failed to prevent them....

2005-09-03

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Type: educational

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Status: to read

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Authors: Julian Smart Kevin Hock Stefan Csomor Renaud Deraison Noam Rathaus HD Moore Raven Alder George Theall Andy Johnston Jimmy Alderson Jasmin Blanchette Mark Summerfield Andi Gutmans Stig Bakken Derick Rethans John H. Terpstra Benjamin Coles Pet Harrison

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Tags: emergence copyleft copyright culture opensource

2005-09-03

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Kurt Vonnegut

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Tags: surreal

2005-09-03

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Aldous Huxley

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Tags: dystopia

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Description: ""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian""Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come."...

2005-09-03

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Type: scientific

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Status: to read

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Author: Stephen Hawking

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Tags: science physics

2005-09-03

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Type: fiction

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Status: to read

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Author: Neal Stephenson

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Tags: scifi cypherpunk computer

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Description: Set in modern times, man helps build out network in Asia, gets arrested, ends up revealingSet in modern times, man helps build out network in Asia, gets arrested, ends up revealing location of secret with GPS coordinates in each email....

2005-09-03