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In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler

In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony

Darren Byler

150 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction crime history politics technology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Joshua Bloom

504 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Charged: Overzealous Prosecutors, the Quest for Mercy, and the Fight to Transform Criminal Justice in America by Emily Bazelon

Charged: Overzealous Prosecutors, the Quest for Mercy, and the Fight to Transform Criminal Justice in America

Emily Bazelon

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis

On Grand Strategy

John Lewis Gaddis

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction business history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan

The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics

Ben Buchanan

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction politics technology informative medium-paced
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter

How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them

Barbara F. Walter

315 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative fast-paced
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence by Amy B. Zegart

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

Amy B. Zegart

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction business history politics technology challenging informative medium-paced
Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference by David Shimer

Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference

David Shimer

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

3.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative slow-paced
Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space by Mark Wolverton

Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space

Mark Wolverton

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history tense slow-paced
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

224 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous funny reflective medium-paced