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Book Review: Autobiography and Gender in Early Modern Literature – Reading Women’s Lives 1600-2680 by Sharon Cardamn Seelig
Asks what did the women mean, how were they feeling, and how do I feel when I read them?
Read More »Book Review: This Republic of Suffering – Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
Harvard University's president examines how hundreds of thousands of Civil War deaths changed America in unexpected ways.
Read More »Book Review: Otra Isla Para Miguel (Another Island For Miguel) by Henry Eric Hernandez
One of the most accurate histories of a country and its people I have ever read.
Read More »Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Punk by Brian Cogan (With Foreword by Penelope Spheeris)
Until something better comes along, this is the definitive reference guide on punk-rock.
Read More »Book Review: Mostly People Photographs by Robert Whitman
A haunting beauty that is thought-provoking and that resonates with emotional honesty.
Read More »Book Review: Witness to Extinction – How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin by Samuel Turvey
Even more than the story of species conservation, this is a cautionary tale for all efforts of conservation.
Read More »Book Review: Red Sox Rule – Terry Francona And Boston’s Rise To Dominance by Michael Holley
An in-depth, enlightening and unforgettable look at the man, and manager.
Read More »Book Review: Commander of the Faithful – The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader by John W. Kiser
The biography of a 19th century Islamic jihadist reveals why he was praised as one of the "few great men" of his century.
Read More »Book Review: The Nation Guide to the Nation
The Editors of The Nation have compiled this guide to the 21st-century American Left.
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