Chinese intellectual's memoir reflects how even aesthetics are perceived as a threat by totalitarian regimes.
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Book Review: They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies behind the Lines in Nazi Germany by Patrick K. O’Donnell
Real-life spy story--riveting, dramatic--popular history at its best.
Read More »Book Review: A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries – The Men and Women Who Fought for Our Freedoms by Edward Vallance
What can history teach those seeking change today?
Read More »The Rockologist: The Beatles And What A Drag It Is Getting Old
The Beatles continue to provide the soundtrack for my generation long after we have doused our last roach.
Read More »Book Review: The Sixties by Jenny Diski
British author uses memoir approach to ponder if "The Sixties" had lasting meaning.
Read More »Book Review: L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City by John Buntin
The story of Bill Parker vs. Mickey Cohen and the struggle for law and order in L.A.
Read More »Book Review: Parks in Medieval England by S.A. Mileson
A close look at the physical, social and cultural landscape.
Read More »Book Review: Evolution by Stephen Baxter
From primitive primates running amid the dinosaurs, to Catal Huyuk and Ancient Rome, far into our future on a dying planet, this is big history.
Read More »Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis
You'll never think of history as boring and impersonal again.
Read More »The Rockologist: Remembering The Kennedys And The Soundtrack To Camelot
Five years may not seem like that long to some. But to a kid, it's a lifetime.
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