The Wire Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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U.S. Climate Finance: Nigeria
U. S. Department of StateThe Wire“There is no justification for the State Department’s failure to recognise Nigeria or India as egregious violators of religious freedom, as they each clearly meet the legal standards for designation as CPCs," the USCIRF has said. https://t.co/eelxN1rh7x
Paperback, 2014
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New Lives in Anand: Building a Muslim Hub in Western India
Sanderien VerstappenThe WireSanderien Verstappen's 'New Lives in Anand' shows us how new lives and connections are made by communities who have deep ties to a region and a way of life that cannot be reduced to the word ‘Muslim.’ | Moyukh Chatterjee https://t.co/YVo5W3Unjr
Paperback, 2022
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond
Shashi TharoorThe Wire@ShashiTharoor When asked to elaborate on his idea of an inclusive India, Shashi Tharoor says, "Those who follow me in Kerala politics know very well. I go to temples, mosques, churches and deeply respect all religions." https://t.co/uDhRogxxE0 https://t.co/43W2LGNnvx
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Pyre
Perumal MuruganThe WireThe English translation of Tamil writer Perumal Murugan's novel Pūkkul̲i, Pyre, has been longlisted for this year's International Booker Prize. https://t.co/sQpmDcNarj
Paperback, 2022
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
D. H. LawrenceThe Wire'Lady Chatterley’s Lover' was written in three wholly different versions between 1926 and 1928, and each one reflects Lawrence’s pessimism about the future of England and his fear that a class war was imminent. https://t.co/1w5VVzbI4D
Hardcover, 2010
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The Satanic Verses
Salman RushdieThe WireThe Satanic Verses wasn’t the first – and won’t be the last – novel to provoke the rage of a fanatic who has no grasp of literature’s nuances. | Jonathan Bate https://t.co/ejBeRKK5eG
Paperback, 2008
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Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollThe WireSome 40 years after 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was first published in 1866, accounts of hallucinations similar to those described by Lewis Carroll began to appear in the medical literature. | @mocost https://t.co/mxqy0y5aTR
Paperback, 2015
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Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War
Jayita SarkarThe WireJayita Sarkar’s 'Ploughshares and Swords' looks at the linkages between the nuclear and space programmes during the late 1960s and early 1970s, not hitherto explored. https://t.co/xD0h1xTX5D
Paperback, 2022
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas MalmThe WireThe film How to Blow Up a Pipeline explores themes from Andreas Malm’s book of the same name by way of a heist thriller, in which fictional activists grapple with the real question of whether disruptive action helps or hinders a mass climate politics. https://t.co/YcCXzM4hmV
Paperback, 2021
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Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century
Jean-Luc GodardThe WireIn this tribute to Jean-Luc Godard, @manasharya focuses on two films – 'Breathless' and 'My Life to Live' – to capture the master of modern French cinema's defining preoccupation. https://t.co/FqXrtRAKXJ
Hardcover, 2000
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