Posts Tagged with ‘History’
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Turkey Unveiled: A History
31 Mar 2012Turkey, whether as part of the Roman, the Byzantine or Ottoman Empires has been for millenia the hub to the…
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Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds
25 Feb 2012I am one of those cautious travelers who would not dream of parachuting into a place without knowing something about…
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In The Garden of Beasts — a Review
29 Dec 2011All who have read about, and certainly those who experienced, World War II and Germany’s becoming the vicious murderer of its…
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
27 Oct 2011Brian Fagan’s The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations contributes another fine book to the growing…
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To End All Wars: Adam Hochschild
24 Sep 2011If you’ve ever stood a picket line, leafleted about an unpopular cause, been arrested for civil disobedience, fought and lost against the powerful,…
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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
07 May 2011I’ve had the pleasure of reading (actually, listening to) Bay Area author Tamim Ansary’s Destiny Disrupted: A History of the…
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Imperial Cruise by James Bradley — A Secret History of Empire and War
11 Jan 2011We have been recently treated to a bit of public discussion about those who re-write history in order to clean…
