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Book Review: Ted Williams At War by Bill Nowlin
This is simply the best and most comprehensive book on Ted Williams' heroic wartime experiences. Period.
Read More »Book Review: Return to Chauvet Cave – Excavating the Birthplace of Art: The First Full Report by Jean Clottes
The closest we can get to the brilliantly preserved traces of the previous users - human and animal.
Read More »Book Review: Human Landscapes From My Country – An Epic Novel In Verse By Nazim Hakmet
Hikmet has created a panoramic view of Turkey and her people.
Read More »Book Review: Marie Antoinette – The Last Queen of France by Evelyne Lever
No, she wasn't faithful, but the reasons for that were understandable, and human.
Read More »Book Review: The Real Queen of France – Athenais and Louis XIV by Lisa Hilton
We can do with positive, approving accounts of powerful women – particularly those who've started from practically nowhere.
Read More »Obama Needs a Global Hunger Advisor on Foreign Policy Team
A U.S. hunger czar could work on Food for Peace initiatives around the world.
Read More »Canadian Politics: Canadians Don’t Know How Their Government Works
Fifty-one percent of Canadians believe that the Prime Minister of Canada is elected by direct vote.
Read More »Book Review: Visions of Paradise edited by Bronwen Latimer
National Geographic reveals heaven on Earth.
Read More »DVD Review: New York Noir – The History Of Black New York
Perpetuates the lie that everything is all right with American society today, and inequality is a thing of the past.
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