Fifth installment of Best American Comics demonstrates the scope and relevancy of modern comics and graphic novels.
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Book Review: Treason on the Airwaves: Three Allied Broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II by Judith Keene
Historian examines treason prosecutions of Australian, American, and British citizens who broadcast for the Axis during World War II.
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Peruvian author uses crime genre to explore the effects of the struggle between the country's government and the Shining Path revolutionaries.
Read More »Book Review: This Day In Music by Neil Cossar
People, concerts and bestselling records among second edition of pop and rock music events for each day of the year.
Read More »Book Review: Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas
Scarlett Thomas ponders immorality, simulated universes, and the "storyless story" in her latest novel.
Read More »Book Review: Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
Award-winning novelist Richard Powers explores whether happiness is a matter of genetics and, if so, the potential ramifications.
Read More »Book Review: The Scouting Party: The Making of the Boy Scouts of America by David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy
Meticulously researched book on formation of Boy Scouts suggests founders wanted movement to have strong principles of pacifism.
Read More »Book Review: Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk
American journalist's open discussion of being held captive by the Taliban shows readers the human aspect of his experience.
Read More »Book Review: Brief Lives: Leo Tolstoy by Anthony Briggs
Leo Tolstoy biography provides more context and analysis of writer's life and work than its size might suggest.
Read More »Book Review: Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival by Dean King
Female participants on Red Army's Long March also contributed to freeing Chinese women from the bounds of tradition.
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