Fascinating inside account of a boy growing up in Germany during World War Two.
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The Sea Island Mungins and Chalmers S. Murray: a Family, Cultural and Literary History
I became aware of Murray’s novel making our name a part of the folk history of the South.
Read More »Quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part I
Take solace in the fact that humanity is on the march. The million dollar question is: will it continue?
Read More »Book Review: The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History by Justin Marozzi
Some 2,500 years after his death, the "Father of History" serves as traveling companion and guide for British journalist.
Read More »Book Review: “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China by Lijia Zhang
A memoir of coming of age during the birth pangs of new capitalism and democratization in China in the 1980s.
Read More »Book Review: To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander by Georg von Trapp
A name made famous by an award-winning musical provides a rare insider's view of U-boat warfare in World War I.
Read More »American Exceptionalism – Myth or Reality?
No other aspect of culture is a better reflection of its greatness than its literature. The same holds for America.
Read More »Book Review: Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and Lincolnshire’s Godly Aristocracy, 1519-1580 by Melissa Franklin Harkrider
Note to David Starkey - here's a woman making a difference in Tudor England.
Read More »Book Review: Seattle’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving In The Emerald City by Mike Seely
Geezer Grunger's Favorite Watering Holes.
Read More »Book Review: Wondrak and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig, Translated by Anthea Bell
Pushkin Press issues a set of psychologically intense anti-war stories by a now neglected early 20th century Austrian author.
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