What We Are Reading Today: Superpower Brazil

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Updated 17 August 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: Superpower Brazil

Author: Hermann Rupold

History, politics, economy and military of the South American country

The developments in Brazil have become an important topic in the media and society in recent years.

The book discusses several reports about South America's largest country, which is on its way to becoming a superpower.

What makes the country, one of the world's most important food producers? What are its goals and how does the local population think?

By looking at all the key sub-areas as a whole, it is possible to understand the country.

The book offers a deeper look at the major aspects that make up modern Brazil, according to a review on goodreads.com.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls’ by Christen E. Civiletto

Updated 15 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls’ by Christen E. Civiletto

Environmental attorney Christen Civiletto relates how the major chemical kingpins of the 20th century relentlessly and indiscriminately laid waste to Niagara Falls in her eye-opening, harrowing, intimate new book, “Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls.”

Expertly interweaving environmental crime, history, and memoir, “Thundering Waters” exposes the astonishing story of exploitation and ongoing abuse lurking in the shadows of one of the world’s most treasured natural wonders.