Feed, a young adultish novel written by M.T. Anderson, is the first ever OJPL Book of the Month. This means that the OJPL officially recommends that people read this book because the OJPL thinks that this book is rather very good and also that this book and the reading thereof represent and further the mission […]
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Review of The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb
The Decision To Use The Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth by Gar Alperovitz is a well-documented, in-depth, sobering look at both the decision of the United States of America to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the subsequent lies and distortions used to justify […]
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown tells the story of the “American West” during the years 1860 through 1890. It is a story of greed, conquest, imperialism, and genocide. It is a story of resistance. Originally published in 1970, and told largely through the voices […]
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