Shake Hands with the Devil, The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda - by Romeo Dallaire, with a foreword by Samantha Power.

First of all, as I observed earlier, even though it's been 14 years since the Rwandan Genocide, the names of the principle people involved with the international effort then are still involved with their governments and societies ( Read more... )

Poll Book Poll: next book

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Given that I've just finished World War Z I need something a bit less fictional, or a bit more comedic, or otherwise non-supernatural. Note: coalescent, I will read "Coalescent" at a future date, promise!

Relevant links to the candidate novels:

The Blind Assassin

Silence of the Langford

Broken Angels

Shake Hands with the Devil

Unbowed, the Nobel ( Read more... )

Well, it only took me a whole year after buying this signed book to actually read it! (and I'm glad I finally did ( Read more... )

So, I finished Kushiel's Dart. I always welcome the change to broaden by reading horizons, and this was certainly page-turning fun ( Read more... )

So Niall recently requested, "Remind me to make you make me tell me what manga/Japanese fiction to buy while I'm in the US this summer. I really need to start getting a clue in that area."

For convenience for all concerned: please post your nominations for him hereAssuming cost is not a factor ( Read more... )