Matthew White
2) The great big book of horrible things: the definitive chronicle of history's 100 worst atrocities
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Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually...
4) The blind
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Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that anyone can change and that there is always hope."
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House of Stronzo chronicles the poignant quest of the charmingly eccentric Pete Cecere, one of the world's preeminent collectors of outsider and folk art. In his twilight years, he anxiously sets out to find permanent homes for his "kids" - the more than 5,000 pieces of original art that are currently housed in his Virginia home - before he passes away.




