Literature from the "Axis of Evil": Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations

5 best books like Literature from the "Axis of Evil": Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations (Alane Mason): How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, An African in Greenland, The Mountain and the Wall, Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Author	Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
ISBN	1608468550

The Combahee River Collective, a group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the anti-racist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on...

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

Author

Anthony Everitt

“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
—John Adams

He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted...

An African in Greenland

Author	Tété-Michel Kpomassie
ISBN	0940322889

Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland—and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures...

The Mountain and the Wall

Author	Alisa Ganieva
ISBN	1941920152

"Never before has Russian literature produced such an honest and complete picture of today's Caucasus."—Kommersant Weekend (Russia)

"The Mountain and the Wall is a major event in contemporary Russian literature."—Ulrich M. Schmid, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Germany)

This...

Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary

Author	Esther Woolfson
ISBN	1847082750

Against the background of austere and beautiful Aberdeen, Woolfson observes the seasons, the streets and the quiet places of her city over the course of a year. She considers the geographic, atmospheric and environmental elements which bring diverse life forms together in close proximity, and in...