In a silty blend of ecology and economics, ALT takes the matsutake mushroom – the most valuable mushroom in the world, comfortable in ravaged landscapes – as a metaphor for the intricate networks of hunters, traders and consumers that crop up at the fringes of capitalist production. A dense and rewarding read.
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
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A new collection of essays from Rankine, troubled by contemporary America: anecdotal, conversational, exploratory, never prescriptive.
Just Us: An American Conversation
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Architecture, landscape, collections, books, food and wine - with contributions by Jon Meacham, Alice Waters, Jay McInerney, Annette Gordon-Reed, Xavier Salomon and others.
Thomas Jefferson at Monticello
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A 600-page behemoth of a novel, Crossroads is a cross-generational saga set in 1970s suburban Chicago. The paterfamilias is a pastor wondering whether to leave his failing marriage before hi... read more
Crossroads
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By the former UK Ambassador who had the unenviable task of explaining Britain and Brexit to the US president. He resigned, and wrote this book instead.