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Sebastian Junger

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Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author and filmmaker. He is noted for his book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, a creative nonfiction work which became a bestseller; and for his documentary films Restrepo and Korengal, which won awards.
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We Cannot Escape History
John T (John Thompson) 19 Whitaker - 2021-09-10
This culturally important work has been selected by scholars and is part of our civilization's knowledge base. It is available in the public domain in the US and other nations, allowing free distribution and copy. Its importance convinced scholars to preserve, reproduce, and make it available for readers to enjoy. Thanks to a seamless blend of original graphical elements and easy-to-read text, your reading experience will be of high quality. Support the preservation process to keep this knowledge alive and relevant.
Sebastian Junger
2022-11-06T23:03:10.000Z
@bill_muras @MarkHertling @gtconway3d Whitaker's book is almost unknown and one of the most brilliant pieces of political reporting Ive ever read. My father fled Spain in 1936 and lived a lot of what Whitaker reported on. I quoted him in this piece about the rise of fascism in Spain:      fuente
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What We Inherit
A Secret War and a Family's Search for Answers
Jessica Pearce Rotondi - 2020-04-21
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"What We Inherit" is a gripping memoir that explores the power of a family secret that encompassed an entire war. After her mother's death, Jessica Pearce Rotondi uncovers a family ghost: her uncle Jack, who disappeared during the CIA-led Secret War in Laos in 1972. Through her investigation, Rotondi excavates inherited trauma on a personal and national scale, and reveals the destructive impact of a family secret. This book is a haunting chronicle of loss and redemption that will move readers to the core.
Sebastian Junger
2020-04-25T01:32:08.000Z
hey everyone, this is a pretty incredible book by an amazing young writer about her search for a relative who was shot down in Vietnam and never found. I highly recommend it...      fuente
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Our Political Nature
The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
Avi Tuschman - 2013-09-03
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The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations. ...
Sebastian Junger
2017-06-11T23:23:37.000Z
@40PercentGerman my error it was 'our political nature' by avi tuschman one of the most amazing books I've ever read      fuente
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Thieves of State
Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
Sarah Chayes - 2016-03-07 (publicado por primera vez en 2015)
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"Thieves of State" by Sarah Chayes delves into the connection between corrupt governments and international security crises. With insights from the Afghanistan war and historical research, Chayes identifies corruption as a pervasive threat that drives populations to extremes, causing radicalization and militant puritanical religion. She makes a compelling case that corruption should be confronted as it is a cause of global instability, rather than a result. This thrilling argument connects the Protestant Reformation to the Arab Spring and presents a powerful new way to understand global extremism.
Sebastian Junger
2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
Chayes' thesis here is both radical and incredibly obvious: Corruption is the common denominator among societies where radical Islam is ascendant. ISIS, the Taliban, Somalia's al-Shabab, and Nigeria's Boko Haram all gained footholds, we're told, because they promised to eradicate the corruption of despotic regimes. If this is so, corruption should be our target, too.      fuente
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El imperio de la luna de agosto
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S. C. Gwynne - 2010-05-25
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Quizá al lector le sea más familiar el nombre de los apaches o el de los sioux, pero la gran tribu guerrera india, la última que resistió al hombre blanco, fue la de los comanches. Extraordinarios jinetes, enemigos terribles y de impresionante capacidad estratégica, los comanches fueron los últimos en vender sus tierras, los últimos en aceptar la vida en las reservas, los últimos en defender un país que moría con ellos. Este libro, una obra maestra de la narración histórica y épica, relata dos historias paralelas: la de una tribu que simbolizó la cultura autóctona americana; y la de su último jefe, Quanah Parker, hijo de un comanche y una prisionera blanca, el hombre que, al mando de solo tres mil comanches en su última época, plantó cara a todo el ejército estadounidense. Como telón de fondo, la guerra de Secesión y cuatro décadas de intensa historia, bajo el ataque de los colonos que trataban de conquistar Tejas, los españoles que llegaban desde México y los franceses que presionaban desde Luisiana.
Sebastian Junger
2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
This book recounts how the Comanche, through extraordinary fighting and survival skills, succeeded longer than any other Native American group in blocking white society's intrusion on their land. Central to the story is Quanah Parker, a mixed-race war leader whose white mother was captured by the Comanche as a teenager.      fuente
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Radical Hope
Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Jonathan Lear - 2006-09-22
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Radical Hope explores the ethical inquiry of how to face the possibility of a collapsing culture. Using the history of Indian tribes and drawing on philosophy and psychoanalytic theory, the book delves into the story of the Crow Nation at an impasse, raising profound questions that challenge us all. It's a moving, philosophical inquiry into a unique vulnerability that affects all civilizations and goes to the heart of the human condition.
Sebastian Junger
2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
How does a society survive the complete collapse of its economic and ethical systems? Lear, a philosopher and historian, explains how the radical vision of Chief Plenty Coups saved his fellow Crow from physical and spiritual annihilation in the 1870s. This is one of the most profound and exciting books I have ever read.      fuente
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Suttree
Cormac McCarthy - 1992-05-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1979)
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A tale of survival and wit, centered around an exiled man living alone in a disintegrating houseboat on the outskirts of Knoxville. Suttree navigates the poverty-stricken and criminal community around him with a detachment and humor that allow him to rise above the squalor of his environment.
Sebastian Junger
2016-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
A former professor living on a Tennessee River houseboat ekes out a livelihood selling his catch, then drinks away his profits with Knoxville's misfits and miscreants. McCarthy's prose is ancient and exact and mythic, and his portrait of America's underbelly in the 1950s is shocking in its depiction of human degradation.      fuente
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Sapiens. De animales a dioses
Una breve historia de la humanidad
Yuval Noah Harari - 2015-01-01 (publicado por primera vez en 2011)
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¿Cómo logró nuestra especie imponerse en la lucha por la existencia? ¿Por qué nuestros ancestros recolectores se unieron para crear ciudades y reinos? ¿Cómo llegamos a creer en dioses, en naciones o en los derechos humanos; a confiar en el dinero, en los libros o en las leyes? ¿Cómo acabamos sometidos a la burocracia, a los horarios y al consumismo? ¿Y cómo será el mundo en los milenios venideros? En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agrícola y la científica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biología, la antropología, la paleontología o la economía, Harari explora cómo las grandes corrientes de la historia han modelado nuestra sociedad, los animales y las plantas que nos rodean e incluso nuestras personalidades. ¿Hemos ganado en felicidad a medida que ha avanzado la historia? ¿Seremos capaces de liberar alguna vez nuestra conducta de la herencia del pasado? ¿Podemos hacer algo para influir en los siglos futuros? Audaz, ambicioso y provocador, este libro cuestiona todo lo que creíamos saber sobre el ser humano: nuestros orígenes, nuestras ideas, nuestras acciones, nuestro poder... y nuestro futuro.
Sebastian Junger
I’m going to give Sapiens over and over again to everyone I know.      fuente
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Peter Matthiessen - 1991-12-03 (publicado por primera vez en 1965)
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This thrilling novel is set in the South American rainforest, where two foreigners clash over the conversion or killing of a group of elusive Indians. The story is full of moral exploration and political themes, making for a thought-provoking read.
Sebastian Junger
The book that I have given to others most often as a gift.      fuente