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The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath

10 best books like The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath (Kenzaburō Ōe): Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, Books for Living, Whistling Past the Graveyard, The Call, The Tournament at Gorlan, The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America, The Battle of Hackham Heath, The Great Pain Deception: Faulty Medical Advice Is Making Us Worse, A Three Dog Life

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
AuthorJane Mayer
Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax...
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
AuthorBen Macintyre
ISBN0804136637
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century’s greatest spy story.

Kim Philby was the greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height...
Books for Living
AuthorWill Schwalbe
ISBN0385353545
From the author of the best-selling and beloved The End of Your Life Book Club - a wonderfully engaging new book: both a celebration of reading in general and an impassioned recommendation of specific books that can help guide us through our daily lives.

"I've always believed that everything...
Whistling Past the Graveyard
AuthorSusan Crandall
ISBN1476707723
The summer of 1963 begins like any other for nine-year-old Starla Claudelle. Born to teenage parents in Mississippi, Starla is being raised by a strict paternal grandmother, Mamie, whose worst fear is that Starla will turn out like her mother. Starla hasn’t seen her momma since she was three, but...
The Call
AuthorYannick Murphy
ISBN0062023144
WHAT I WOULD RATE THIS BOOK IF GOODREADS WOULD LET ME: 2.5 stars.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY: Animal doctor stuff, human doctor stuff, family stuff, father-son stuff, hunting and swimming, and the occasional possible spaceship sighting.
WHAT I COULDN'T DECIDE WHILE READING IT: If the unusual...
The Tournament at Gorlan
AuthorJohn Flanagan
ISBN0399163611
When Halt and Crowley discover that the ambitious Morgarath has been infiltrating the Rangers in order to corrupt the Corps, the young Rangers travel north to find Prince Duncan, seeking a royal warrant to stop Morgarath before it is too late. By weakening the Rangers, the most powerful force in support...
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
AuthorKaren Abbott
ISBN0451498623
The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant...
The Battle of Hackham Heath
AuthorJohn Flanagan
ISBN1448195691
THE SAME WORLD. BRAND NEW STORIES.

The peace in Araluen is under threat and newly crowned King Duncan must prepare for war. Morgarath is in hiding, recruiting an army of savage beasts known as Wargals for his next attack.

Halt prepares for a seemingly impossible task – to scale the...
The Great Pain Deception: Faulty Medical Advice Is Making Us Worse
AuthorSteven Ray Ozanich
ISBN0615462219
Recipient of 2 awards in the 2012 International Book Award contest. The Great Pain Deception was awarded Runner-Up Finalist in "Best New Health Book" of 2012 and also honored as Finalist in "Health: Alternative Medicine."

Back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, hand and foot pain, rarely come...
A Three Dog Life
AuthorAbigail Thomas
Before reading:
Maybe what happens in this book is difficult, but I have the feeling it will have a hopeful message. I need to read something with dogs. You can rely on dogs being there for you when you need them. After the last book read I am so depressed with people.

On completion:
This...
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