Archive for the tag 'Middle East'

Oct 24 2007

The Braindead Megaphone

George Saunders • The Braindead Megaphone The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders
Publisher: Riverhead
Year: 2007
Pages: 272
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№50

Let me preface this review by saying that despite his ostensible fame—Genius Grant and all that—I’d never heard of George Saunders (or at least…

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Sep 10 2007

When You Ride Alone, You Ride With Bin Laden

Bill Maher • When You Ride Alone, You Ride With Bin Laden When You Ride Alone, You Ride With Bin Laden by Bill Maher
Publisher: Phoenix Books
Year: 2003
Pages: 132
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№42

In the sort-of wake of September 11th, when the hurt was still fresh and before our incursion…

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Jun 10 2007

The Buried Book

David Damrosch • The Buried Book The Buried Book by David Damrosch
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Year: 2007
Pages: 336
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№25

I’m far from being a historical scholar; I’ve only read Gilgamesh once, and that was years ago. In fact, my interest…

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Apr 24 2007

Hanging Babylon: Functionalist policy and the war in Iraq

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Several weeks ago, the War in Iraq entered its fourth year—despite the official “end of major combat” that the codpiece-sporting President announced mere months after it began—and the steady sectarian violence pursuant to the toppling of Saddam…

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Apr 22 2007

Love, Poverty, and War

Christopher Hitchens • Love, Poverty, and War Love, Poverty, and War by Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Nation Books
Year: 2003
Pages: 475
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№22

Anyone who’s frequented my blog to any significant degree knows that I am (mostly) a fan of Christopher Hitchens. I find him…

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Apr 16 2007

What is the What

Dave Eggers • What is the What What is the What by Dave Eggers
Publisher: McSweeney’s
Year: 2006
Pages: 475
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№19

My introduction to Dave Eggers was his startling semiautobiographical A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a stupendous and rather abstruse bit of metafiction.…

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Apr 10 2007

The Lemon Tree

Sandy Tolan • The Lemon Tree The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year: 2003
Pages: 304
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№18

The Lemon Tree is a brave book: it seeks to distill the essence of almost a century of Palestinian conflict into a 300-page of novelized…

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Apr 03 2007

Naked in Baghdad

Anne Garrels • Naked in Baghdad Naked In Baghdad by Anne Garrels
Publisher: Picador
Year: 2003/2004
Pages: 264
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№16

Mere days ago, the War in Iraq entered its fourth year—despite the official “end of major combat” that the codpiece-sporting President announced mere months…

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Mar 18 2007

The Road to Oxiana

Robert Byron • The Road to Oxiana The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1982
Pages: 292
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№13

In all the years I’ve been reading Bill Bryson, I’m surprised that I’ve never heard or read anyone compare him to…

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