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Мы хотим проинформировать вас о том, что завтра нас убьют вместе с нашими семьями

— Филип Гуревич • 1998

Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.

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🖋️ Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Politics 📜 Colonial Legacy ⚔️ State Violence 🏛️ International Failure

Мы хотим проинформировать вас о том, что завтра нас убьют вместе с нашими семьями

Seven pastors warned they would die tomorrow. The world read their letter and did nothing.

— Филип Гуревич 1998 356 стр.

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🖋️ Rwandan Genocide 🌍 African Politics 📜 Colonial Legacy ⚔️ State Violence 🏛️ International Failure

More Than Enough

— Elaine Welteroth • 2019

From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.

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🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 📰 Media Careers 🎟️ Workplace Tokenism 👩🏾‍🎤 Black Women In Media 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

More Than Enough

From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.

— Elaine Welteroth 2019 336 стр.

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🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 📰 Media Careers 🎟️ Workplace Tokenism 👩🏾‍🎤 Black Women In Media 🗣️ Self-Advocacy

House of Bush, House of Saud

— Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

House of Bush, House of Saud

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

— Craig Unger 2004 384 стр.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

Lipstick Jihad

— Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

— Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 стр.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Hit Men

— Fredric Dannen • 1990

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

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🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Hit Men

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

— Fredric Dannen 1990 432 стр.

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🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami

— David Karashima • 2020

Your Murakami was crafted by translators who cut, reshaped, and sometimes rewrote him; this is how.

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📚 Literary Translation 📚 Publishing History 🌐 Global Publishing 🚪 Cultural Gatekeeping 🌟 Literary Celebrity

Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami

Your Murakami was crafted by translators who cut, reshaped, and sometimes rewrote him; this is how.

— David Karashima 2020 304 стр.

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📚 Literary Translation 📚 Publishing History 🌐 Global Publishing 🚪 Cultural Gatekeeping 🌟 Literary Celebrity

Some People Need Killing

— Patricia Evangelista • 2023

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

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🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Some People Need Killing

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

— Patricia Evangelista 2023 428 стр.

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🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Devil's Bargain

— Joshua Green • 2017

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

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🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Devil's Bargain

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

— Joshua Green 2017 302 стр.

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🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

American Kompromat

— Craig Unger • 2021

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

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🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering 🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft 🔍 Investigative Journalism

American Kompromat

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

— Craig Unger 2021 368 стр.

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🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering 🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Griftopia

— Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

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📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

— Matt Taibbi 2010 253 стр.

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📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

The Red Web

— Andrei Soldatov • 2015

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

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🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Red Web

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

— Andrei Soldatov 2015 384 стр.

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🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Right to Privacy

— Ellen Alderman • 1995

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

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📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Right to Privacy

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

— Ellen Alderman 1995 432 стр.

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📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Gates of Gaza

— Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Gates of Gaza

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

— Amir Tibon 2024 352 стр.

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Great Escape

— Saket Soni • 2023

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

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⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing 📜 Indentured Servitude ⚖️ Legal Battles

The Great Escape

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

— Saket Soni 2023 368 стр.

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⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing 📜 Indentured Servitude ⚖️ Legal Battles

Faking It

— Hugh Barker • 2007

Elvis was an imitator, punk was theater, and disco was realer than anyone admitted.

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Faking It

Elvis was an imitator, punk was theater, and disco was realer than anyone admitted.

— Hugh Barker 2007 400 стр.

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Pour Me, A Life

— A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

— A.A. Gill 2014 288 стр.

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

How to Murder Your Life

— Cat Marnell • 2017

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

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🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

How to Murder Your Life

Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.

— Cat Marnell 2017 384 стр.

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🖤 Addiction Memoir 👗 Fashion Journalism 💀 Self-Destruction ⚡ Dark Comedy 💄 Beauty Industry

Champagne Football

— Mark Tighe • 2020

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

Champagne Football

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

— Mark Tighe 2020 336 стр.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

The Afghanistan Papers

— Craig Whitlock • 2021

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Afghanistan Papers

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

— Craig Whitlock 2021 368 стр.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Idaho Four

— James Patterson • 2025

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

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🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

The Idaho Four

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

— James Patterson 2025 448 стр.

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🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

Fact Vs. Fiction

— Jennifer Lagarde • 2018

Phones deliver news, not teachers. Strategies for turning feeds into critical thinking.

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📺 Media Literacy ⚠️ Misinformation 🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Citizenship

Fact Vs. Fiction

Phones deliver news, not teachers. Strategies for turning feeds into critical thinking.

— Jennifer Lagarde 2018 159 стр.

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📺 Media Literacy ⚠️ Misinformation 🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Citizenship

Confidence Man

— Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

— Maggie Haberman 2022 597 стр.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Spider Network

— David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

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🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

The Spider Network

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

— David Enrich 2017 528 стр.

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🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

America's Cultural Revolution

— Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

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⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

— Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 стр.

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⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

Spoilt Rotten

— dalrymple-theodore • 2010

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

Spoilt Rotten

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

— dalrymple-theodore 2010 256 стр.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

The Next Big Story

— Soledad O'Brien • 2010

From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.

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📺 Broadcast Journalism 🧬 Multiracial Identity 🗽 Race In America 🧳 Immigration Stories 📝 Narrative Journalism

The Next Big Story

From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.

— Soledad O'Brien 2010 334 стр.

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📺 Broadcast Journalism 🧬 Multiracial Identity 🗽 Race In America 🧳 Immigration Stories 📝 Narrative Journalism

The Billionaire Raj

— James Crabtree • 2018

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

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🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Billionaire Raj

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

— James Crabtree 2018 416 стр.

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🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Black Like Me

— John Howard Griffin • 2003

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

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🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism 👤 White Privilege ✊ Civil Rights Era

Black Like Me

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

— John Howard Griffin 2003 208 стр.

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🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism 👤 White Privilege ✊ Civil Rights Era

The Trolls of Wall Street

— Nathaniel Popper • 2024

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

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🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

The Trolls of Wall Street

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

— Nathaniel Popper 2024 352 стр.

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🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

The Hacker Crackdown

— Bruce Sterling • 1992

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

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💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History 🕵️ Cybercrime History 🗣️ Digital Free Speech

The Hacker Crackdown

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

— Bruce Sterling 1992 336 стр.

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💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History 🕵️ Cybercrime History 🗣️ Digital Free Speech

Friday Night Lights

— H.G. Bissinger • 1988

In Odessa, Texas, high school football offers glory and escape. Most players get neither.

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🏈 High School Football 📰 Sports Journalism 🏘️ Small Town America 🤝 Race And Athletics 🎓 Educational Inequality

Friday Night Lights

In Odessa, Texas, high school football offers glory and escape. Most players get neither.

— H.G. Bissinger 1988 416 стр.

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🏈 High School Football 📰 Sports Journalism 🏘️ Small Town America 🤝 Race And Athletics 🎓 Educational Inequality

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

— John Allen Paulos • 1997

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

— John Allen Paulos 1997 224 стр.

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Arguing with Zombies

— Paul Krugman • 2020

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

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💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

Arguing with Zombies

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

— Paul Krugman 2020 464 стр.

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💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

— Joan Didion • 1968

At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.

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✍️ New Journalism 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌸 California Counterculture 🏚️ American Dream Critique 🎬 Hollywood Critique

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.

— Joan Didion 1968 238 стр.

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✍️ New Journalism 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌸 California Counterculture 🏚️ American Dream Critique 🎬 Hollywood Critique

Den of Spies

— Craig Unger • 2024

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Den of Spies

The Reagan campaign's secret pact with Iran: keep the hostages captive and win the White House.

— Craig Unger 2024 368 стр.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🇮🇷 Iran-Us Relations 🗳️ Election Manipulation 🕵️ Covert Operations 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Delay, Deny, Defend

— Jay M. Feinman • 2010

McKinsey taught insurers to see claims not as promises to keep but as costs to cut.

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🛡️ Insurance Industry 📢 Consumer Advocacy ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 💔 Institutional Betrayal

Delay, Deny, Defend

McKinsey taught insurers to see claims not as promises to keep but as costs to cut.

— Jay M. Feinman 2010 256 стр.

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🛡️ Insurance Industry 📢 Consumer Advocacy ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 💔 Institutional Betrayal

An Ugly Truth

— Sheera Frenkel • 2021

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

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🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

An Ugly Truth

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

— Sheera Frenkel 2021 352 стр.

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🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

Republic of Lies

— Anna Merlan • 2019

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

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🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Republic of Lies

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

— Anna Merlan 2019 288 стр.

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🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Not for Sale

— David Batstone • 2007

Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.

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💔 Human Trafficking 🧒 Child Soldiers 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕸️ Criminal Networks 💸 Poverty And Exploitation

Not for Sale

Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.

— David Batstone 2007 304 стр.

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💔 Human Trafficking 🧒 Child Soldiers 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕸️ Criminal Networks 💸 Poverty And Exploitation

Saved

— Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

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📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Survivor Guilt 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Saved

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

— Benjamin Hall 2023 281 стр.

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📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Survivor Guilt 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

The Best Strangers in the World

— Ari Shapiro • 2023

He follows a Syrian refugee and sings with a band; his real job is listening.

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📻 Radio Journalism 🌍 Foreign Correspondence 🎙️ Storytelling Craft 🔍 Curiosity As Practice 💞 Radical Empathy

The Best Strangers in the World

He follows a Syrian refugee and sings with a band; his real job is listening.

— Ari Shapiro 2023 256 стр.

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📻 Radio Journalism 🌍 Foreign Correspondence 🎙️ Storytelling Craft 🔍 Curiosity As Practice 💞 Radical Empathy

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

— Emily Nussbaum • 2024

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

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📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism 🎬 Documentary Ethics 📰 Cultural Criticism

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

Radio confessionals, hidden cameras, and game shows: the unscrupulous origins of reality television.

— Emily Nussbaum 2024 464 стр.

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📺 Reality Television 🎞️ Media History 👁️ Voyeurism 🎬 Documentary Ethics 📰 Cultural Criticism

Any Ordinary Day

— Leigh Sales • 2018

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤝 Grief Support 💪 Resilience Studies

Any Ordinary Day

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

— Leigh Sales 2018 264 стр.

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤝 Grief Support 💪 Resilience Studies

Billion-Dollar Ball

— Gilbert M. Gaul • 2015

College football is a multi-billion dollar industry. The IRS calls it a charity.

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🏈 College Football 💰 Sports Business 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📋 College Sports Reform 🏛️ Nonprofit Accountability

Billion-Dollar Ball

College football is a multi-billion dollar industry. The IRS calls it a charity.

— Gilbert M. Gaul 2015 264 стр.

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🏈 College Football 💰 Sports Business 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📋 College Sports Reform 🏛️ Nonprofit Accountability

The Gutenberg Parenthesis

— Jeff Jarvis • 2023

Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.

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📖 Print Culture 📰 Media History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🗣️ Orality And Literacy 🧠 Knowledge Production

The Gutenberg Parenthesis

Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.

— Jeff Jarvis 2023 328 стр.

3.83

218 оценок

📖 Print Culture 📰 Media History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🗣️ Orality And Literacy 🧠 Knowledge Production

Silent Coup

— Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

4.31

277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

— Claire Provost 2023 296 стр.

4.31

277 оценок

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

So You Want to Start a Podcast

— Kristen Meinzer • 2019

What your microphone can't fix: a podcasting guide that starts with purpose, not gear.

4.00

1 000+

📻 Podcasting Guide 🎧 Audio Storytelling 🎙️ Interviewing Skills ✂️ Editing Craft 👥 Community Building

So You Want to Start a Podcast

What your microphone can't fix: a podcasting guide that starts with purpose, not gear.

— Kristen Meinzer 2019 227 стр.

4.00

1 000+ оценок

📻 Podcasting Guide 🎧 Audio Storytelling 🎙️ Interviewing Skills ✂️ Editing Craft 👥 Community Building

American Story

— Bob Dotson • 2013

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

3.63

228

🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories 🇺🇸 Americana 🌍 Immigrant Experience

American Story

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

— Bob Dotson 2013 274 стр.

3.63

228 оценок

🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories 🇺🇸 Americana 🌍 Immigrant Experience

Yemen

— Victoria Clark • 2010

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

3.71

276

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

Yemen

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

— Victoria Clark 2010 328 стр.

3.71

276 оценок

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

Blowout

— Rachel Maddow • 2019

Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.

4.34

15 000+

🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry 🌏 Energy Geopolitics 💎 Resource Curse 🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs 🏛️ Political Corruption

Blowout

Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.

— Rachel Maddow 2019 400 стр.

4.34

15 000+ оценок

🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry 🌏 Energy Geopolitics 💎 Resource Curse 🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs 🏛️ Political Corruption

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