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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson

Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin reads for May
@TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I love the cover of Three Keys! 3d

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Texreader

A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It | Stephen Kinzer

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This is #Rwanda President Paul Kagame‘s story through 2008 (he‘s still president today). A young Tutsi refugee from the violence by the Hutus even back in the 1950s, he fought in Uganda, secretly training to become a rebel soldier to try to return to Rwanda. As he built a secret army, the genocide in 1994 occurred. He was able to dismantle the Hutu government and would eventually be elected president. He assembled a Hutu/Tutsi government, and ⬇️

Catsandbooks

Texreader has managed to keep internal peace albeit sometimes with an iron fist. The astonishing history is that France helped the Hutus, providing weapons to them DURING the genocide. The United Nations and the USA had been warned emphatically about what was coming and then knew when it happened. AND DID NOTHING to stop what they called an internal tribal dispute. The author lays down the blame thickly, by name, to everyone who turned a blind eye. He ⬇️ 5d

Texreader Identifies how many opportunities the world had, even with minor assistance, to prevent the million+ dying agonizing brutal deaths and rapes. Kagame is a hero in a sense—Rwanda in 2008 became an Asian Tiger economy-wise. But I wonder how his government has managed since. Given his stern personality and years in office, I can‘t fathom that he hasn‘t turned dictatorial. Highly recommended but it needs an update. #foodandlit (edited) 5d

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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Ian Shapiro

I just opened some book mail to discover this atrocity. 😭 I hope it comes off.

marleed Ohh that‘s bad😟 5d

Ruthiella Yikes! It‘s huge. Using a blow dryer to loosen the stickum often works for me. 5d

Deblovestoread That is just wrong. Shame on them. 5d

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nanuska_153 😵 5d

dabbe They owe you a virgin book! 😱 5d

TheBookgeekFrau 😲🤯🤬 And to add insult to injury, it's upside down! 5d

bookandbedandtea @marleed @Ruthiella @Deblovestoread @nanuska_153 @dabbe Fortunately, it came off pretty easily and didn't damage the cover. But sheesh! 5d

bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Right?! As if it isn't horrifying enough to slap an enormous sticker smack in the middle of the cover they also had to put it upside down?? 🤦‍♀️ It came off pretty easily, though, so all is well. 5d

TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea Oh good! Because that was a pretty bad case of book abuse. 5d

nanuska_153 I actually just noticed it's the federalist papers, that's such an interesting read (I love Constitutional Law). Are you going to listen to Hamilton while reading it? 😂 (Also love musicals xD) 5d

bookandbedandtea @nanuska_153 I can‘t say I had thought of that but I‘m thinking it now! 👀🎼 4d

nanuska_153 @bookandbedandtea 😂🫣 4d

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ March 2025 Bookclub Pick

First half better than the 2nd half. Enjoyed that the author came with facts and made historical comparisons. Did not expect it to predict current day issues despite being published in 2017.

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Leftcoastzen So essential! 6d

oo_pamela_oo @Leftcoastzen Absolutely! A must for a personal library. 5d

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ImperfectCJ

Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens | Richard Haass

Well, this dedication hits hard.

Bookwormjillk I have this on my list to read soon. Looking forward to your review. 1w

Kerrbearlib Stacked! 7d

Susanita He was a speaker at an event at my old office, and I talked to him briefly. Smart guy. 7d

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rwmg

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction | Kevin Passmore

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The author admits in the first chapter that fascism is difficult to define and that different characteristics will be emphasised depending on what definition one chooses. The characteristics he chooses to highlight have some uncomfortable resonances this year (2025) considering this book dates from 2014. ⬇

rwmg He then looks at what might be considered proto-fascist movements before WW1 before moving on to the classic Italian fascism of the interwar years and its similarities and differences with Nazism and authoritarian movements in other parts of Europe. Lastly he considers whether right wing movements after WW2 and into the 21st century really count as fascist and whether it is a meaningful pejorative. 2w

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Fascism: A Very Short Introduction | Kevin Passmore

#coffeeandabook

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A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It | Stephen Kinzer

I‘ve started this audiobook tonight, my third book for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Brooke_H

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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I've been meaning to read this since 2017, but kept putting it off. I had to wait awhile for my library hold to come in. So many people are reading this right now. 🤔

This is a succinct list of 20 lessons we (should) have learned from the last century on how to turn away from fascism and tyranny. I feel a need to keep running this info through my brain, so I have also placed holds on the audio and the graphic novel versions of this book.

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