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Member
recommendations from Amazon.com
Each
month, one of our members recommends six of their favorite
books, music and films on this site. If you'd like to participate,
please send an email to the webmaster at ceualumni@usa.com
All the items listed are available on Amazon.com by clicking
on the links supplied.
This
month's critic is Matthew Singer (International Relations,
'98). Matthew is an active member of the association and has
written for us before on finding East European beverages in
Washington stores. He can be emailed at mattsinger1@yahoo.com.
Check out his selection below.
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fine memoir by one of the best writers in English
today. The best thing about this book is that it
will make you want to read so many more really good
books when you're through with it - and not only
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I
don't know Czech, but I do like ecclectic, multi-layered
post-punk rock. This is it. And, judging by all
the other people at D.C.'s Black Cat Club last
year, who came to see the band touring in support
of this album, there are a lot of other people
who agree.
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From
a terrific Nick Hornby book, John Cusack is perfect
as a man whose constant failed relationships have
led him to question his obsession with rock music.
Slightly marred by a corny ending, it's still
as good an evocation of why people love rock music,
and what it means to them.
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Rooty
by the Basement Jaxx
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Just because a book is short, gripping, and a
pleasure to read doesn't mean it isn't serious
literature full of brilliant ideas.This book is
a collection of loosely related short stories,
all of which intersect in the bizarre world of
interwar Comintern politics. Not a great anti-communist
novel, but a great novel, by one of Yugoslavia's
greatest authors.
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great, fun, hip dance act. Enjoyable party music
for the rest of the summer, and beyond. |
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Woody
Allen's last pure comedy, and maybe his best.
If you like Woody Allen, and haven't seen it,
shame on you. Even if you hate Woody Allen, give
this film a chance: it features none of the narcissism
or ponderousness (or misogyny) that have made
him insufferable of late, A must-see comedy classic.
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