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Book Review: To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan by Nicholas Schmidle
Author's immersion in and travels across Pakistan provide a broad and valuable look at the country's life and politics.
Read More »Book Review: Get Off Your “But” by Sean Stephenson
Never count yourself out.
Read More »Book Review: A Day in the Life: One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties by Robert Greenfield
Despite its potential as metaphor, this biography of one of London's hip couples of the "Swinging '60s" suffers from unsympathetic subjects.
Read More »Book Review: The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History by Justin Marozzi
Some 2,500 years after his death, the "Father of History" serves as traveling companion and guide for British journalist.
Read More »Book Review: Censoring An Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour
A beautifully written book in which moments of satire rub up against humanity.
Read More »Book Review: “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China by Lijia Zhang
A memoir of coming of age during the birth pangs of new capitalism and democratization in China in the 1980s.
Read More »Book Review: To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander by Georg von Trapp
A name made famous by an award-winning musical provides a rare insider's view of U-boat warfare in World War I.
Read More »Book Review: Private Midnight by Kris Saknussemm
Calling Kris Saknussemm's latest novel a "psychoerotic noir fairytale" only scratches the surface.
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