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"This book is a necessary read for this current political climate. It helped put into real words my arguments of resistance to communism, and a purely socialist government." Permalink

"This is a fantastic book; well written, well researched and overall quite thorough. It is an important book and is a very good summary of how and why so much violence and tragedy was perpetrated against the Ukraine in the early years of the Soviet..." Permalink

"Great read! Details Stalin's genocide of Ukrainian peasants. Stalin ordered the confiscation of grain in 1932-33 knowing full well millions of peasants would die. The books goes from collectivization of farms, grain expropriation, searches and ..." Permalink

"Sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious, sometimes poignant, Sedaris gives us a peek into his life and the lives of his family. The first half of the book centers around his childhood. We see the Sedaris kids on snow days, spending the summer at the be..." Permalink

"After Sedaris's recent speaking engagement, all of my co-workers were talking about him and I had to go revisit this book because there were no copies of his latest book (Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk) available. Much of what makes him funny is his bru..." Permalink