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October 16, 2017

Book Review: Calder

October 16, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The legendary avant-garde sculptor Alexander Calder gets his very first biography, written by art critic Jed Perl

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October 16, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, fine art, October 2017, Steve Donoghue
October 12, 2017

Book Review: Leonardo Da Vinci

October 12, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson adds another massive tome to the pile of those devoted to the quintessential Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.

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October 12, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, leonardo da vinci, October 2017, Steve Donoghue
October 12, 2017

Book Review: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

October 12, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The latest enormous anthology from Otto Penzler features the dandies of the demimonde, the stylish thieves and ruthless killers of popular fiction.

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October 12, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction
fiction, October 2017, otto penzler, Steve Donoghue
October 11, 2017

Book Review: Stalin - Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

October 11, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Stephen Kotkin's groundbreaking multi-volume biography of Stalin continues with the uneasy alliance between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

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October 11, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, October 2017, Steve Donoghue, world war II
October 10, 2017

Book Review: Russia in Flames

October 10, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A big, lively new history assesses the troubled life and blighted nature of Bolshevism.

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October 10, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & History
history, October 2017, politics, Steve Donoghue
October 04, 2017

Book Review: Vanguard of the Revolution

October 04, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The grand, global history of Communism's century-long reign of terror is the subject of A. James McAdams' authoritative new book.

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October 04, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & History
history, October 2017, politics, Steve Donoghue
October 03, 2017

Book Review: Adults in the Room

October 03, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Former finance minister for Greece Yanis Varoufakis has written a book about his time on the world stage during his country's financial crisis.

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October 03, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & History
history, October 2017, politics, Steve Donoghue
October 02, 2017

Book Review: The Meaning of Belief

October 02, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The gap between the religious and the "New Atheists" seems wider than ever - but have both sides failed even to understand each other? A pocket-sized new book examines some of the oldest questions of all.

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October 02, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
October 2017, religion, Steve Donoghue
October 01, 2017

Book Review: The New Testament

October 01, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A new translation of the New Testament strips away the baroque filigree and presents the raw, jumbled voices of the original.

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October 01, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
October 2017, religion, Steve Donoghue, stevereads
September 30, 2017

A Precedent Whilst the World Stands

September 30, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

In addition to the pageantry, marital eccentricities, and political fireworks, the Tudors were also industrious religious persecutors. As "A Year with the Tudors" continues, a vivid new book tells the stories of the martyrs burned by Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I.

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September 30, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Features
history, October 2017, Steve Donoghue
September 27, 2017

Book Review: James Conant, Warrior Scientist

September 27, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

US weapons-making scientist in two world wars and a path-making president of Harvard James Conant gets a generous biography, written by his granddaughter.

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September 27, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, science, September 2017, Steve Donoghue
September 27, 2017

Book Review: Pious Fashion

September 27, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A new book looks at the intricate world of Muslim women's clothing fashions.

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September 27, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
religion, September 2017
September 26, 2017

Book Review: Lightning Men

September 26, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Racially charged 1950 Atlanta is the setting for Thomas Mullen's brutal, terrific new crime thriller.

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September 26, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction
fiction, September 2017
September 25, 2017

Book Review: The Templars

September 25, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The Knights Templar have been captured on stage, page, and screen countless times; a new book separates history from legend.

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September 25, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
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dan jones, September 2017
September 19, 2017

Book Review: Purpose & Desire

September 19, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A new book stares into the divide between living and non-living matter and finds the darndest things staring back.

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September 19, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
religion, September 2017
September 18, 2017

Book Review: Bunny Mellon

September 18, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Renowned socialite Bunny Mellon, who made headlines for an entire century, gets a big, generous new biography.

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September 18, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, September 2017
September 14, 2017

Book Review: The Unfinished Palazzo

September 14, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A small portion of the life of one famous Venetian palace is told through the lives of three remarkable women who ruled it in the 20th century.

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September 14, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life
biography, September 2017, venice
September 10, 2017

Book Review: Out of China

September 10, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

The roots of new Chinese nationalism extend back through well over a century of foreign meddling, as a comprehensive new history shows.

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September 10, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
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September 2017
September 06, 2017

Book Review: The Cold War

September 06, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A massive new study looks at the Cold War as a world war, touching - and often toppling - governments far from Washington or Moscow.

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September 06, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
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September 2017
September 06, 2017

Book Review: The Witch

September 06, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

Paganism scholar Ronald Hutton's fascinating new book delves into the long history of the witch in human societies.

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September 06, 2017/ Steve Donoghue/
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September 2017
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