American journalist's open discussion of being held captive by the Taliban shows readers the human aspect of his experience.
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Book Review: Brief Lives: Leo Tolstoy by Anthony Briggs
Leo Tolstoy biography provides more context and analysis of writer's life and work than its size might suggest.
Read More »Book Review: Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival by Dean King
Female participants on Red Army's Long March also contributed to freeing Chinese women from the bounds of tradition.
Read More »Book Review: Armenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian
Firsthand account of Armenian genocide aims to commemorate its victims while it tells their story.
Read More »Book Review: The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War by David Laskin
Author follows 12 men whose route to becoming an American takes them through serving in the U.S. military in World War I.
Read More »Book Review: Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends by James D. McLaird
Historian delves into folklore of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, examining the facts and fictions of their status as Old West heroes.
Read More »Book Review: Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World by Nicholas Schou
Reporter explores the history of a group that tried to bring LSD to the masses through a major drug dealing operation.
Read More »Book Review: Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Days of Paranoia by Francis Wheen
Were "apocalyptic dread and conspiratorial fever," not disco and platform shoes, the hallmark of the 1970s?
Read More »Book Review: Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman by David A. Wolff
Concise biography demonstrates how Seth Bullock was much more to history than being sheriff of Deadwood.
Read More »Book Review: God’s Brain by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire
Rather than join a debate about the validity of religion, two scientists examine the purpose behind it.
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