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Power of Film Brings Awareness of Rare Disease
The documentary The Dark Side of the Sun raises awareness of the rare disease Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP).
Read More »Clinton to Rally Support for Global Hunger Fight
The United States spent about $667 billion on defense last year, but only $17 billion on humanitarian and poverty-focused development assistance.
Read More »DVD Review: Doc Martin Collection: Series 1-4
Doc Martin is a charming, quirky show, and the entire series thus far is now available in one DVD set.
Read More »DVD Review: Two Weeks in Another Town
Hollywood stereotypes loose in Rome
Read More »Book Review: The Fall of the West: The Slow Death of the Roman Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy
A narrative history informed by the latest research that gets to its theories only at the end.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Rome – The Complete Series
Bruno Heller and his team do a fantastic job creating drama and suspense from situations dictated by history.
Read More »DVD Review: Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour Of Italy
It’s informative, original, and damn funny to boot.
Read More »Book Review: 428AD: An Ordinary Year At The End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina
The end of the Roman empire, as the people really lived it.
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