The Looting Machine wanda seasongoodAn impressive (Wall Street Journal) expos of twenty first century individuals and companies who have become obscenely rich from the resource trade in Africa Africa is the worlds poorest continent and, arguably, its richest. In The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis takes readers on a gripping journey into the world of the magnates and militiamen, the despots and jet setting executives who gorge on Africas vast stocks of oil, gas, metals, and precious stones.
If Groundhog sees his shadow outside
were murdered in an isolated clearing
scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet
Kate discovers a shocking legacy of abuse and betrayal -- a legacy that may hold the key to solving the murder
Liman discusses his life in the law from the moment Roy Cohn's performance at the McCarthy hearings inspired him to become a lawyer (in order to stand against lawyers like Cohn) to his influential investigation of the Attica prison uprising
With the velocity of a Ramones song
You can trust the medical staff
But how can Clara talk her parents
"Monsen’s clever text offers both lexical fun and an important lesson: “This too shall pass
over the past twenty years
Until one night
and shows how modern treatments represent a long overdue shift in the way doctors approach cancer -- and disease -- itself
