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History’s ‘Vikings’ Kicks off Season Two
History’s scripted series Vikings premieres it second season Thursday, February 27 at 10 p.m
Read More »An interview with Power Boxing Olympian Marlen Esparza
In this enlightening conversation, Esparza talked about the release of her 'Power Boxing Workout' DVD from Acacia Lifestyle.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Eastern Europe! Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does’ by Tomek Jankowski
This one-volume history is both readable and an impressive achievement in scholarship.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Vikings – The Complete First Season’
The History series has action and violence, sure, but also character development, questions of morality in a different time and place, and some really surprising twists.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Panaceia’s Daughters: Noblewomen as Healers in Early Modern Germany’ by Alisha Rankin
These women enjoyed considerable respect, from patients and professionally trained physicians.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’ edited by Derek J. Oddy and Alain Drouard
From Oyster Ketchup to Roquefort, fish fingers to chicken nuggets, via chocolate and olive oil.
Read More »From Gilgamesh to the Moon and Beyond: The Enduring Geekdom of Science Fiction
Science fiction is metaphor for a troubled world and a medium to give expression to the apprehensions we all feel as we advance into the unknown.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The English in Love: The Intimate Story of an Emotional Revolution’ by Claire Langhammer
From emotional blackmail to Fifties 'hook-ups', there's little that's new.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk’ by Dennis E Showalter
Cuts through propaganda and myth to provide a strategic and tactical understanding of one of history's greatest armored battles and a turning point of World War II.
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