Pronto* Recommends
The following are recent books that I’ve recently received/bought & liked, am considering using for courses, or have been longtime favorites.

The Kite RunnerThe AlchemistResistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
$9.75
I had a hard time w/ this novel at first, because I could not forgive the main protagonist for a choice he had made. Which I g...
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
$8.97
Yes, it's a simple, feel-good read. But that doesn't make it any less pleasant or powerful.
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays
by Albert Camus
$10.20
If you've ever had to trudge through a Camus novel, never mind, this is (in my opinion) the "real" Camus. I particularly recom...
Outliers: The Story of SuccessThe Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the FutureThe Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
$11.75
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Isla...
by Vali Nasr
$10.17
The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are R...
by Parag Khanna
$10.88
Development as FreedomOccidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
Development as Freedom
by Amartya Sen
$10.88
Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its ...
by Ian Buruma
$11.90
An intriguing argument (like Said's "Orientalism") for what the critics of "the West" think.
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