Easy cd labeler5/20/2023 ![]() In a way, this location is the starting point from where Ancient Greek civilization spread all over the Mediterranean. Athens is a new inspiration, simple and pure in its aesthetics but also dense and complex in its history and urban context.” What a perfect spot to feature Arbel’s ongoing research into the reciprocal relationship between copper and glass.Let’s be real: 2020 has been a nightmare. Between the political unrest and novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it’s difficult to look back on the year and find something, anything, that was a potential bright spot in an otherwise turbulent trip around the sun. Luckily, there were a few bright spots: namely, some of the excellent works of military history and analysis, fiction and non-fiction, novels and graphic novels that we’ve absorbed over the last year. Here’s a brief list of some of the best books we read here at Task & Purpose in the last year. ![]() Have a recommendation of your own? Send an email to and we’ll include it in a future story. I loved Phil Klay’s first book, Redeployment (which won the National Book Award), so Missionaries was high on my list of must-reads when it came out in October. It took Klay six years to research and write the book, which follows four characters in Colombia who come together in the shadow of our post-9/11 wars. As Klay’s prophetic novel shows, the machinery of technology, drones, and targeted killings that was built on the Middle East battlefield will continue to grow in far-flung lands that rarely garner headlines. Written by ‘Terminal Lance’ creator Maximilian Uriarte, this full-length graphic novel follows a Marine infantry squad on a bloody odyssey through the mountain reaches of northern Afghanistan.
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