40. Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on TerrorA non-fiction pop book dealing with a wide range of subjects, from the history of the state of Israel, to the difference between Islamist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and Jihadist groups like al-Qa'ida (as well as the inaccuracy of referring ( Read more... )

20. West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary

From the inside coverThe day after Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an anguished email to twenty friends, discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. That message, spreading via the Internet, ( Read more... )

I'm new to this community, and was really surprised to see that no one yet had reviewed this book...(at least, it's not tagged under the author, which I admit is where I looked...)

So: 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. His second novel, after The Kite Runners, which I have not read yet but which a few others on this community have ( Read more... )

I don't remember the last time I reviewed a book. But anyway. Take a deep breath and start reviewing ( Read more... )

I found this community by way of the RaceFail posts, and I'm inordinately happy to be able to contribute something positive other than listening, which I've been doing since January ( Read more... )