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300 reviews

The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides by Arnold Kling

2.75

Fine as a pamphlet that reduced larger works to something simpler to explain, with a libertarian preference.

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

4.25

How to Raise Money for Political Office: The Original Guide to Winning Elections Through Aggressive, Organized Fundraising by Brandon Lewis

3.0

A lot of political non-fiction deals in vague notions and ideals that are hard to put into concrete action. This book could not be further from that. He goes into extreme painstaking detail on every step in the process, as a professional consultant should.

A Murder of Quality by John le Carré

4.25

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

4.25

Restarted this after beginning it in October but realizing I was spoiling myself for The Return. 

Short and sweet way to straighten out the threads from the wild ride of the show.

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.0

Listened to while traveling in Athens, Greece.

Cold Storage by David Koepp

3.25

Moves fast like Crichton and grasps for it but doesn’t quite make it. Had a lot of quirks for better and worse.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

4.75

Largely read at WPA Bakery. Began for Political Campaign Management Certificate, finished of own accord.

The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez

4.25

What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America by Thomas Frank

3.25