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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski
During the first four years of World War II, Jan Karski worked as a messenger for the underground, risking his life in secret missions. He was captured, tortured, rescued, smuggled through a tunnel into the Warsaw. This is a memoir of Karski which is a courageous testimony of a man who risked everything for his country.
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The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
Bringing a fresh, secular perspective to questions of right and wrong, and good and evil, this title shows that we know enough about the human brain and how it reacts to events in the world to say that there are right and wrong answers to the most pressing questions of human life.
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Long Time, No See by David Foster Wallace
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling.
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The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey
In true controversial James Frey style, this new novel confronts the issue of the return of the Messiah. It will enrage many, offend more perhaps; make readers think differently and open their eyes to the world in which we live. James Frey is probably one of the finest and most important writers to have emerged in recent years.
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