Tag: non-fiction

Review: No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald

3 November 2014 / review / 0 Comments
Review: No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald

Author: Glenn GreenwaldTitle: No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance StateFormat/Source: Hardcover and eBook/library Published: May 2014Publisher: Metropolitan BooksLength: 254 pagesGenre: JournalismWhy I Read: Learn more about the subject from a key playerRead If You’re: Concerned about US surveillance and your privacyQuote: “I only have one fear […] that people will see these documents and shrug, that they’ll say, ‘we assumed this was happening and don’t […]

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Quick Review: A Snicker of Magic and Escape from Camp 14

21 October 2014 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Quick Review: A Snicker of Magic and Escape from Camp 14

When I do a quick review post, there’s usually two books and I’m able to connect them somehow, as indicated in the post title. But with these two I can’t manage a connection! A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide] A very sweet and comforting story, about family and friendship and belonging and magic. I like that adult struggles were included alongside Felicity’s (the narrator) own. […]

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Review: Torture Team by Philippe Sands

23 July 2014 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Torture Team by Philippe Sands

Author: Philippe Sands Title: Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law Format/Source: Hardcover/library  Published: May 2008 Publisher: Allen Lane Length: 315 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I Read: Library browsing, looked interesting Read If You’re: Interested in the intersection of law + politics or the legality of torture Quote: “…[all] aggressive interrogative techniques recommended by Jim Haynes and approved by Secretary Rumsfeld [were] used” (8). Rating:  ★★★ [ratings guide] […]

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Quick Review: Non-fiction

15 July 2014 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Quick Review: Non-fiction

Today’s quick review is of two non-fiction books I recently picked up from the library. Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy by Sudhir Venkatesh Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide]  Venkatesh focuses his exploration on the sex trade in NYC and the connections formed in an underground economy, crossing dividing lines such as class and race. I liked the informal tone and the variety of […]

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Review: Light of the Andes by J.E. Williams

9 July 2014 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Light of the Andes by J.E. Williams

Author: J.E. WilliamsTitle: Light of the AndesFormat/Source: eBook/ARCPublished: June 2012 (new edition released June 2014, I think)Publisher: Irie BooksLength: 200 pagesGenre: Spiritual non-fictionWhy I Read: Browsing ‘religion and spirituality’ on NetGalley; mountain caught my eyeRead If You’re: A mountain lover or interested in Indigenous spirituality, esp. of Peru’s Q’ero people Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide]I received a complimentary copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.Links: GoodReads […]

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