Tag Archives: Political
Lewis Mumford
by Donald Miller‘serious and substantial. . . . The value of this biography is its painstaking and competent assemblage of sources that explain Mr. Mumford’s character…
The Gandhi Reader
by Homer Jack“The best of Gandhi in every area,”complete enough to give the reader not just a sampling”but a quite comprehensive grasp of Gandhi’s philosophy of…
Evita, First Lady
by John Barnes“John Barnes describes her life with a veteran storyteller’s robust style, rich in fascinating detail and confidential anecdote.” –Chicago Sun-Times
The Devil That Danced on the Water
by Aminatta Forna“Powerful. . . . At once impassioned, lucid, and understandably enraged, The Devil That Danced on the Water illuminates the troubled, tragic history of…
Anderson’s Ché Guevara
by Jon Lee Anderson“Excellent . . . admirably honest [and] staggeringly researched . . . It is unlikely that after Anderson’s exhaustive contribution, much more will be…
The Cap
by Roman Frister“Staggering in its honesty . . . a taut and compulsively readable narrative that makes fresh again horrors that have become familiar . ….
Arafat’s War
by Efraim Karsh“The savage battle between Palestinians and Israelis is often presented as if it were historically predestined. But in this eye-opening and exhaustively researched book,…
Agent Storm
by Morten Storm“Highly credible . . . Both a rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al Qaeda ….
