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Showing posts with label war. Show all posts

The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, fame, family, fiction, historical, identity, love, mythology, search for self, sexuality, war

The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53925.The_War_of_the_End_of_the_World

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, colonialism/imperialism, fiction, historical, justice, morality, oppression, religion/spirituality, revolution, war

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, immigration, justice, love, nonconformity, oppression, revolution, search for self, war

American War by Omar El Akkad (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32283423-american-war

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, family, fiction, identity, justice, morality, search for self, war

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23168277-the-sympathizer

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, immigration, politics, race, revolution, search for self, war

Hystopia: A Novel by David Means (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25664447-hystopia

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, fiction, historical, identity, love, memory, mental health, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self, sexuality, war

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4980.Breakfast_of_Champions?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, American Dream, class, consumerism, fame, fiction, fiction's role, identity, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, social criticism, war

End Zone by Don DeLillo (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11764.End_Zone

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, fiction, psychology, social criticism, sports, war

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, colonialism/imperialism, consumerism, economics, justice, media, morality, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, social criticism, war

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, class, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, memory, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, revolution, social criticism, war

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46170.For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, morality, revolution, war

What is the What by Dave Eggers (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4952.What_is_the_What

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, fiction's role, historical, immigration, justice, oppression, war

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary by anonymous (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30851.A_Woman_in_Berlin?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, gender, historical, memoir, morality, oppression, war

The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic by Chalmers Johnson (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40718.The_Sorrows_of_Empire?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, economics, historical, non-fiction, oppression, politics, social criticism, war

Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12612.Hegemony_or_Survival?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, historical, non-fiction, oppression, politics, social criticism, war

A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241951.A_Flag_For_Sunrise?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: class, colonialism/imperialism, fiction, philosophy, revolution, war

The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11469.The_Barracks_Thief?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, fiction, identity, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, war

Atonement by Ian McEwan (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6867.Atonement

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, fiction's role, historical, justice, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, war

Howard Zinn on War by Howard Zinn (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16195.Howard_Zinn_on_War?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, historical, morality, politics, social criticism, war

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96491.Blackwater

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, historical, politics, social criticism, war

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