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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

David McCullough

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

Annie Jacobsen and Hachette Audio

4.5 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il

Michael Malice, Marcus Freeman, et al.

4.5 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy)

Martin Luther Dr. King Jr., Vincent Harding, et al.

4.9 on Amazon

3 HN comments

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Malcolm Gladwell and Pushkin Industries

4.4 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life

Patrick Van Horne , Jason A. Riley , et al.

4.7 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson, Scott Brick, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Tom Standage

4.6 on Amazon

3 HN comments

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

Camilla Townsend

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Origins and History of Consciousness: Bollingen Series

Erich Neumann, R. F. C. Hull - translator, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Reeves Wiedeman

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Hiroshima

John Hersey

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia Federici

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

Liza Mundy

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

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no1youknowzonSep 28, 2017

I was watching a portion of Michael Malice with Joe Rogan[0]. Michael wrote "Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il". He actually mentions the upper class in NK.

It's over 2 and a half hours long, but I like Rogan's interviews they go by pretty fast.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_idqiEoUE

sp332onNov 13, 2009

(I was sure I put a comment here earlier explaining - wonder where it went?)

I got this in an email from HarperCollins today, from the Lemony Snicket Mailing list. Written in classic Snicket style, saying everything opposite:

"Dear Reader,

Something terrible has happened.

The entire text of THE BAD BEGINNING, the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, has been made available online. For FREE. Open to anyone. Including horrible villains, innocent readers, and you.

PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS LINK TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, OR PEOPLE WITH COMPUTERS.
SHARING THE UNABRIDGED FREE VERSION OF THE BAD BEGINNING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ IT IS COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE. "Completely irresponsible" is a phrase which here means "no one will be able to prove you did it."

The sudden appearance of the uncoded text online may be a horrible mistake. Hopefully, it will be corrected as soon as possible.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket"

There's a video to go with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9F0OpJenLA

freedombenonMay 1, 2018

I'm guessing you haven't spent much time looking into how oppressive regimes work.

They aren't going "to realize that they are being an oppressive regime" and have an epiphany where they realize, "Hey maybe I'm an evil dictator?"

If you are up for reading, I highly recommend Michael Malice's book, Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il . After reading that you will completely understand why "see how long it is until they protest or move" is a silly thing to say.

[1] https://smile.amazon.com/Dear-Reader-Unauthorized-Autobiogra...

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