Not worthy by Lubomyr Luciuk – Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize and the New York Times – is a book published twenty years ago. It was edited by Lubomyr Luciuk, the Director of Research for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, who called for the stripping…
The Cheese and The Worms by Carlo Ginzburg – The cosmos of a sixteenth-century Miller – is a book first published in 1976. It is one of the first and most important books of microhistory. Microhistory is a mode of historical writing which focuses on…
Utopia by Thomas More is one of those books I wanted to read for a while, I had it on the bookshelves, but kept postponing for some reason. I think seeing his painting on the wall of Oriel Hall made me want to read it…
The Power of Platforms by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen with Sarah Anne Ganter – Shaping Media and Society – is a book that must be read. I bought this book when I went to Oxford Martin School to hear Rasmus Kleis Nielsen give a talk about…
For the 3rd year in a row I finished 89 books in an year! My goal for this year is: 89 again. All are pictured below. Also, all are reviewed on the blog, if you are curious to know more about any of them. I…
The News by Alain de Botton – A User’s Manual – is a book well worth reading. It’s not dry at all and the themes covered could be really interesting for anyone. He offers a lot of examples from various newspapers and that makes the…
Mindhunter by John E. Douglas was written in collaboration with Mark Olshaker – Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit – is a fascinating book. I saw the series about Douglas and loved it, so I was very eager to read the book too. It…
Imagining the Balkans by Marii︠a︡ Nikolaeva Todorova is a short book on Balkanism, a take on Said’s concept of orientalism. It is a fascinating read, which I would recommend to all studying Eastern Europe or European history in general. It was recommended to me and…
Internal colonization by Aleksandr Ėtkind – russia’s imperial experience – is a great book which might appeal to both academics and the ones who are interested in russia’s cultural history. This book was recommended to me by my supervisor and it is indeed very useful…
Liverpool Pubs by Ken Pye is a lovely short book on pubs in Liverpool. I knew the history of a couple of them, but not all. I am going to visit all the pubs in the book. He talks about a small number of pubs,…
Cat among the pigeons by Agatha Christie is a murder mystery solved by Poirot. I am not keen on this series and this book was not to my liking. I only gave it 3 stars. The unpopular games mistress was shot through the heart from…
A Ukrainian Christmas by Yaroslav Hrytsak and Nadiyka Gerbish is a lovely short book, with beautiful illustrations. It offers an insight into the history and traditions Ukrainians have at Christmas. It was a bit more religious than I was expecting, but it is a book…
Objectivity in Journalism by Steven Maras was very interesting to read. It is a bit old, but it deals with objectivity from different perspectives, such as historical, sociological, ethical. It offers a great overview of different schools of thought on the subject, making it a…
We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins – An Intelligence Agency for the People – is a fascinating book. If you are familiar with OSINT, then this book is for you. If you are not familiar with OSINT (open source intelligence), then this book is for…
Europe; war or peace? by Walter Duranty was published in 1935. It is particularly flawed as it is very biased and manages to get everything that will happen next completely wrong. That is beyond the point, of course, as this is an important primary source…
Freezing Order by Bill Browder is a must read book, particularly at this time. Browder recounts his story of fighting to get the Magnitsky Act approved and the legal challenges as russia was trying to stop him. They used American and British lawyers to stop…