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  “One Way Street,” Essays by Walter Benjamin, 1916 to 1937 If you’ve had any acquaintance with cultural Marxists, the name Walter Benjam...

 “ Materialism” by Terry Eagleton, 2016 In this book Eagleton looks at various kinds of materialisms, 11 in all, somewhat from a Marxist pe...

  " On Revolution” essays by John Paul Sartre, 1946-1950 I cut some of my teeth early on by reading nearly everything by Sartre, but t...

  " Triangle of Sadness” film by Rueben Ostland, 2022 This 'black comedy' is a film that might remind you of others. It got a...

  " All Quiet on the Western Front” film directed by Edward Berger, 2022 This is a recent German version of the classic book by Erich ...

 “ Canada” by Richard Ford, 2012 Canada has always been a safe space for runaways from the violent gargantua of the United States. Indigen...

 “ House of the Dragon,” Season 1 House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones . It is impossible not to compare the two. On my f...

  " Selection Day” by Arvand Adiga, 2016 Cricket – the game – is probably not something you are familiar with, especially Indian crick...

  " Agent Running in the Field” by John leCarr é / David Cornwall 2019 This is LeCarr é 's last book. A 'retiring' middl...

  Mont St. Michel Took the long country walk up to Mont St. Michel, that ancient abbey surrounded by water, built on a rock island on the n...

 “ Gorky Park” by Martin Cruz Smith, 1982 It's the early '70s, Brezhnev time. 3 bodies are found in Moscow's central Gorky Par...