mostly sapphic·witch·romance (pick two) and, in mentally calmer times, climate paranoia
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All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and …
I highly recommend this book. Written back in 2015, it opens with a geographic thesis on why Russia would want to invade Ukraine. (It's for a warm water port. )
The Second World War was the largest event in human history. During its course an …
I can't be bothered to read war history, and when in London I'm the last to seek out the Churchill War Rooms. But I do love my maps, and when I do need WWII info, this book fits me nicely.
It breaks the war into campaigns at particular places and times. Each campaign gets a spread with maps on the right and prose on the left.
Each time I look I come away with a little more information than I originally went in for. Eventually information, in sufficient quantity, becomes knowledge.
The bestselling entertaining guide from America's most delightfully unconventional hostess is now available in paperback! …
Well-written and funny, with a fair number of drug references, and recipes that look like they just might work, but one is a little reluctant to commit a lot of time to recipes from someone who proclaims herself to have both a primary and a backup dealer.
The bookstores really don’t know where to file this — some file it under Humor, some under Cooking, some just give up and stick it on a table in the middle of the store. During the book tour, Sedaris was at her most animated when railing against those who want to call it humor — she takes the recipe and entertaining bit very seriously, in an ironic sort of way, and she wants people to take her book seriously. It’s as if she truly believed she was the Betty Crocker for the new millennium, a burnt-out roach in the ashtray and a medicine …
Well-written and funny, with a fair number of drug references, and recipes that look like they just might work, but one is a little reluctant to commit a lot of time to recipes from someone who proclaims herself to have both a primary and a backup dealer.
The bookstores really don’t know where to file this — some file it under Humor, some under Cooking, some just give up and stick it on a table in the middle of the store. During the book tour, Sedaris was at her most animated when railing against those who want to call it humor — she takes the recipe and entertaining bit very seriously, in an ironic sort of way, and she wants people to take her book seriously. It’s as if she truly believed she was the Betty Crocker for the new millennium, a burnt-out roach in the ashtray and a medicine cabinet full of Valium (and marbles).
Broken down into bite-sized chunks, this covers the History of Europe, the Americas, the Middle …
Bite-sized is truly bite-sized; between the tone and the lack of endnotes, it's impossible to know what to believe or research further.
A witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans of the Impossible Life. Perfect for …
From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will …
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …
Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s …
A universal story of finding a way to be comfortable in your own skin: Kate and Tam meet, and both …
Working as a chambermaid for the Hotel C. in Venice, Italy, Sophie Calle stashes her camera and tape recorder in …
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York …
In the span of 320 pages, Mona Chollet takes readers on a historical journey that covers how witches have been …
A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what …
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist is a 2017 non-fiction book by Oxford economist Kate Raworth. …
