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	07/10 Gavin is currently reading: Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (Hispanic Civil Rights) by Francisco A. Rosales bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	07/05 Gavin is currently reading: Interrogating The Real (Hardcover) by Slavoj Zizek bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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October 10
	Gavin gave to: Kleiner Mann - was nun? (Taschenbuch) by Hans Fallada	my rating:
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July 12
	Gavin gave to: How Soccer Explains the World (Hardcover) by Franklin Foer	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Gavin said: "This socio-political work about soccer reads like a novel. Written with a journalistic simplicity and at times an academic's care, this text places the soccer in the context of globalization and regionalism. An informative and wonderfully entertainin...more " add a comment
July 10
	Gavin is currently reading: Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (Hispanic Civil Rights) by Francisco A. Rosales bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 08
	Gavin gave to: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) by Mark Twain	my rating:
	Gavin said: "Such an innovative book not just for American literature, but for the American language in print. As a child this book was banned in school libraries for use of the N-word, so I did not read it until I was a young adult. A certain level of maturity h...more " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez	my rating:
	Gavin said: "I wish my Spanish was good enough to read this in the original, but translation aside, Marquez's magic realism is gorgeous. One never knows where the magic stops and the realism begins. I recommend this book to everyone. " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett: Volume III of The Grove Centenary Editions (Works of Samuel Beckett the Grove Centenary Editions) by Samuel Beckett	my rating:
	Gavin said: "Beckett's drama should be seen and not read, but of course reading is the next best thing. Truly an innovator. This collection includes Endgame and Waiting for Godot. " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback) by Kurt Vonnegut	my rating:
	Gavin said: "It's very difficult to name the best Vonnegut novel, but Slaughterhouse-Five is undoubtedly one of his best next to "God bless you Mr. Rosewater" and "Breakfast of Champions". Vonnegut's journalistic, dead-pan yet sci-fi ridiculou...more " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: Orientalism (Paperback) by Edward W. Said	my rating:
	Gavin said: "Discourse Analysis meets Post-Colonial Theory. Said's theory may seem dated now, but his was a necessary step in forming a new discourse about the "Occident/Orient" binary. Said's brand of Discourse Analysis is still misinterpreted, and the...more " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: Reclam Universal-Bibliothek, Nr.12, Wilhelm Tell (Taschenbuch) by Friedrich von Schiller	my rating:
	Gavin said: "Give me Schiller over Goethe any day. Wilhelm Tell is a great story, and Schiller pours all the bravado he can into it. I'm not a fan of Sturm und Drang, but Schiller dramas are worth reading. " add a comment
	Gavin gave to: Thinner (Paperback) by Stephen King	my rating:
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