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A wry, meticulous unearthing of the hidden military machinery ticking quietly beneath a famously peaceful alpine landscape. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with La Place de La Concorde Su.
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- quietly surreal
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Uncommon Carriers
John McPhee
An immersive, journalistic journey alongside the people who steer the massive, hidden machinery of global freight.
- 02
Encounters with the archdruid
John McPhee
A rugged, contemplative journey through untamed landscapes where opposing philosophies about the natural world collide.
- 03
The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner · 2008
A delightfully grumpy globetrotting adventure that searches for the secret to human contentment.
- 04
Cadillac desert
Marc Reisner
A sweeping, infuriating, and gripping exposé of the hubris and political maneuvering that built the modern American West on a foundation of vanishing water.
- 05
O Jerusalem!
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre · 1972
A sweeping, minute-by-minute historical epic that plunges you into the chaotic, passionate birth of a nation.
- 06
Start-Up Nation
Dan Senor and Saul Singer · 2009
A high-energy exploration of how cultural adversity and a refusal to accept the status quo forge an engine of relentless innovation.
- 07
The mask of command
John Keegan
A sweeping, intellectual exploration of how the theater of leadership shifts from the front lines of antiquity to the bunkers of the nuclear age.
- 08
How Soccer Explains the World
Franklin Foer
A globe-trotting, intellectually restless journey that uses the world's most popular sport as a decoder ring for modern geopolitics.
- 09
Postwar
Tony Judt · 2005
A magisterial, sweeping journey through the ashes of a shattered continent as it painstakingly rebuilds its identity and its borders.
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Wanderlust
Rebecca Solnit · 2000
A lyrical, intellectual stroll through the history, philosophy, and politics of putting one foot in front of the other.
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Prisoners of geography
Tim Marshall
A sweeping, pragmatic look at the world map that permanently alters how you watch the evening news.
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The Fixer
Joe Sacco
A gritty, boots-on-the-ground descent into the moral gray zones of war reporting and the desperate hustle of survival.
