Five of the best books about west African cities | Books

Five of the best books about west African cities | Books

Life in urban areas of west Africa, one of the most diverse regions on Earth, is often a daily roller-coaster ride spiced by abundant drama and an astonishing array of striking characters.... Read more »
Salman Rushdie says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’ | Books

Salman Rushdie says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’ | Books

Salman Rushdie has said that the formation of a Palestinian state “right now” would mean a “Taliban-like state” is created. Commenting on the US campus protesters calling for a free Palestine, the... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 22nd

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 22nd

Before closing arguments, the insomnia kicks in. Source link Read more »
Salman Rushdie says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’ | Books

Information Session: NIMH Intramural Research Program Training Opportunities (June)

Date and Time June 5, 20243:00–5:00 p.m. ET Additional session dates August 30, 2024, 12:00–2:00 p.m. ET December 3, 2024, 2:00–4:00 p.m. ET Overview Are you interested in learning about training opportunities available... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 22nd

Romanticism and the Groundlessness of Commu…

What happens to the experience of community when the grounds of communal life collapse? The Romantic period’s upheaval cast both traditional communal organizations of life and outgrowths of the new revolutionary age... Read more »
A World Made by Travel: The Digital Grand Tour

A World Made by Travel: The Digital Grand Tour

In the eighteenth century, tens of thousands of travelers journeyed to Italy on the Grand Tour. These travels in the age of Enlightenment contributed to a massive reimagining of politics and the... Read more »
In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – back from the brink | Autobiography and memoir

In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – back from the brink | Autobiography and memoir

One might feel short-changed to read a book about death by Sebastian Junger that did not include some battlefield drama. After 1997’s The Perfect Storm, his bestselling account of a trawler disaster... Read more »
In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger review – back from the brink | Autobiography and memoir

Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker prize | Books

Jenny Erpenbeck and Michael Hofmann have won the 2024 International Booker prize for Erpenbeck’s “personal and political” novel Kairos, translated by Hofmann from German. Erpenbeck is the first German writer to win,... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 21st

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 21st

“You know the rules—whoever hauls in the most cash gets to be the leader of the free world.” Source link Read more »
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