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November 6, 2007
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Literature, Military History, Science, Social Science, Technology

November is…

November 6, 2007
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Literature, Military History, Science, Social Science, Technology

Aviation History Month! Check out some of the Yale University Press books that just fly off the shelves. A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918, by Robert Wohl This elegantly written, copiously illustrated book presents the first cultural history of the pioneering phase of aviation. Robert Wohl’s

September 19, 2007
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Religion

Janet Malcolm’s Two Lives news and reviews

September 19, 2007
in Current Affairs, History, Humanities, Religion

Her first book in over five years, Janet Malcolm’s Two Lives is reaching readers — and listeners — with more reviews to come. Here is just a sampling of the current attention around this new release: Entertainment Weekly gives Two Lives an “A” calling the book, “a fascinating portrait…and