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Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Durante un buen tiempo, antes de que apareciera Howard Hunt, su único contacto fue Kevin L. Smith, el director de la United Fruit en Honduras. Él le hizo saber que «ellos» lo habían elegido finalmente a él para que dirigiera el Ejército Liberacionista. El mismo Smith lo llevó en su avión particular a Florida, donde, diecinueve kilómetros al norte d
... See moreMario Vargas Llosa • Tiempos recios (Spanish Edition)
Wells was best known as a journalist for exposing the lies behind the justification for lynching. Negroes charged with recklessly eyeballing a White woman, or worse, were often people who had found prosperity and respect despite the constraints of Jim Crow. The lynchings put them back in their place. Wells nearly met a similar fate, but escaped as
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

When the trucks arrived from their final trip, perilously overloaded, it was discovered that two of the prisoners had fainted on the journey. The truck driver, who had protested at the lack of space, was careful not to say “I told you so” but it was written on his face. Tejada bit back his annoyance. It would have been simplest to shoot the unconsc
... See moreRebecca Pawel • Death of a Nationalist
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Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win
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