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The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

If you wish to even begin to understand Afghanistan, you must read this very fine book. Previously, I had read A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was excellent (even better than The Kite Runner), but The Bookseller of Kabul, written in … Continue reading

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Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon’s First Years by Dr. Michael Collins

I read this after reading  “Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs which was written after  “Hot Lights…”  so I didn’t enjoy it quite as much. It wasn’t  the best idea to read two books by the same author covering fairly similar territory, … Continue reading

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