sharky
New Yorker
So the Narnia thread inspired this. Are there any books that you would recommend to the FYM group? More than just the normal fiction stuff...perhaps more political/social related fiction and non-fiction.
As the first, I would recommend The Bone Woman by Clea Koff. Just finished it for my book club and it was quite interesting. Clea was an anthropologist for the UN and went to Rwanda and Kosovo to document mass grave sites as part of the genocidal investigations by the UN. Really interesting take on why they would choose certain sites, what they were looking for, etc. It's not really too gorey either -- she does explain some things about the dead bodies -- bodily fluid and levels of decomposition -- but she also talks about interacting with the UN and discussions with local citizens who are aware of what kind of work she does. Pretty interesting book.
So what do you recommend -- Lord of the Rings? Screwtape Letters? Robert Reich's new book or a biography of Benedict XVI?
As the first, I would recommend The Bone Woman by Clea Koff. Just finished it for my book club and it was quite interesting. Clea was an anthropologist for the UN and went to Rwanda and Kosovo to document mass grave sites as part of the genocidal investigations by the UN. Really interesting take on why they would choose certain sites, what they were looking for, etc. It's not really too gorey either -- she does explain some things about the dead bodies -- bodily fluid and levels of decomposition -- but she also talks about interacting with the UN and discussions with local citizens who are aware of what kind of work she does. Pretty interesting book.
So what do you recommend -- Lord of the Rings? Screwtape Letters? Robert Reich's new book or a biography of Benedict XVI?