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A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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The Puritan Oligarchy by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed. by Rene Descartes
Fire In The Lake by Frances Fitzgerald
The Comedians by Graham Greene
The Nature of the Early Ottoman State (Suny Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East) by Heath W. Lowry
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Favorite authorsIsaiah Berlin, Eduard Bernstein, Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Mikhail Bulgakov, John le Carré, Milovan Djilas, Robert Fisk, Michel Foucault, Alexander Hamilton, John Heartfield, Joseph Heller, Herodotus, Christopher Hitchens, E. J. Hobsbawm, C.L.R. James, Tony Judt, Ryszard Kapuściński, Robert Kee, Arthur Koestler, T. E. Lawrence, Rian Malan, André Malraux, Karl Marx, Ernie O'Malley, George Orwell, Thomas Paine, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, William Shakespeare, David Simon, Hunter S. Thompson, Voltaire, Kurt Vonnegut (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresBartleby's Books, Daedalus Books, Powell's City of Books, Smith Family Bookstore - Campus, Smith Family Bookstore - Downtown
About meI'm a democratic socialist/social democrat (in the European tradition) living in a nation of economic liberals, reactionary populists, traditional conservatives, religious fundamentalists, docile nationalists, imperialistic neo-conservatives, amoral hedonists and the obligatory handful of extremist right- and left-leaning anti-statists... Consequently, my free hours are typically dedicated to histories, political theory, literature, a thorough review of national and international news or a heated political debate regarding any number of the pressing issues of our time.
As of now, I should be considered semi-retired from LT Talk. Too much on my plate, I'm afraid. That said, don't hesitate to leave me a message. I'll be logging in for perfectly selfish reasons (digital library maintenance, and what have you) regularly.
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Currently readingThe Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe by Karen Dawisha
Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery by Ivan Berend
The Silent Prophet by Joseph Roth
Revolt On Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis by Kari Lydersen
East Central Europe in the Modern World: The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre- to Postcommunism by Andrew Janos
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No, I have not deleted our past conversation(s): they have merely been archived (and, of course, future exchanges will face the same (slightly?) ignominious end if and when the exchange in question comes to a close; but then, such is life, or, rather, the life of an online posting)...
posted by BGP at 2:14 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2007