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nytimes.com » NYT > Sunday Book Review - 29 minutes ago
The boldness and the folly of the explorers who sought the Northwest Passage.
Also tagged: northwest passage, books and literature, exploration and explorers, arctic regions, brandt anthony, man who ate his boots the tragic history of the search for the northwest passage the book
nytimes.com » NYT > Sunday Book Review - 29 minutes ago
This “character driven” account of two centuries of religious combat is the best recent history of the Crusades.
Also tagged: middle east, europe, books and literature, phillips jonathan, holy warriors a modern history of the crusades book
globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Literature - 13 hours ago
Richard Byrne of Balkans via Bohemia pays tribute to Serbian writer Mihajlo Mijhajlov, “a prominent former dissident to both Titoism and nationalism,” who died recently at the age of 76. Sladjana Lazic of A Slice Of …
Also tagged: politics, human rights, english, freedom of speech, arts and culture, roundups, literature, serbia, international relations, war and conflict, eastern and central europe
iht.com » NYT > Arts - 13 hours ago
Mr. Stites opened up new territory for historians with a landmark work on the Russian women’s movement.
Also tagged: books and literature, deaths obituaries, stites richard
mensnewsdaily.com » MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory - 14 hours ago
The overwhelming reaction of the sixteenth century scientific community to Copernicus’ new book On the Revolutions, first published in 1543, was contemptuous rejection. The Greek astronomer, Aristarchus of Samos, had …
Also tagged: analysis, vox populi, science and nature
globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Law - 15 hours ago
Steve Bandera of Kyiv Scoop writes about the insights he gained while working with the recently declassified Soviet secret police archives - and about Ukraine's new State Security Service chief, who appears likely to …
Also tagged: politics, human rights, english, law, freedom of speech, ukraine, roundups, governance, diaspora, war and conflict, eastern and central europe
pbs.org » young voices - 16 hours ago
When you think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., you probably think of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But what do you think about his "Beyond Vietnam" speech? What's that? You've never heard of Dr. King's "Beyond …
Also tagged: politics, religion, poverty, activism, defense, civil rights, staff blog
nytimes.com » NYT > N.Y. / Region - 17 hours ago
Dan Barry revisits the history of the Bowery and looks for the last resident of a flophouse, the subject of a 2004 column.
Also tagged: bowery nyc, brodie steve
globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Music - 17 hours ago
Similar to Yugo-nostalgia, the nostalgia for the common Byzantine past can sometimes transcend some of the barriers erected through modern nationalism and racism in the Balkans.
Also tagged: racism, music, video, english, germany, weblog, religion, arts and culture, turkey, romania, ethnicity, greek, serbia, greece, macedonia, international relations, macedonian, eastern and central europe, middle east and north africa
rfi.fr » RFI.fr : les dernières 24h - 18 hours ago
France In the summer of 1951, the residents of a quiet town in southern France were racked with mysterious hallucinations that the authorities blamed on mouldy bread. But now, an American journalist claims that the …