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Al-Jazeera
by Hugh Miles“A detailed, absorbing look at the organization, the world it covers and the international media. . . . In describing Al Jazeera’s rise, Miles illuminates the shaky balance the channel…
The Gay Metropolis: 50 Years After Stonewall
…up, both cultural and politically, for the gay movement — much faster than we thought it would possibly happen.” (Hear more…) From the Washington Post’s “Cape Up” Podcast: From Stonewall…
They’re Cows, We’re Pigs
by Carmen Boullosa“A word-drunk picaresque novel . . . Boullosa’s vivid and visceral descriptions provide hallucinatory images of the pirates’ raping and pillaging, their battles in the jungle and at sea.” –The…
The Retreat
by Patrick Rambaud“In The Retreat, a novel much praised for its level of historical detail, French writer Patrick Rambaud locates little grandeur in the ghastly carnage of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. ….
My Mother’s Lovers
by Christopher Hope“A brilliant send-up of the ‘white tribe’ in Africa, featuring a larger-than-life Beryl Markham-like figure . . . and the son who can’t flee from her shadow fast enough.” —Vanity…
Indian Journals
by Allen Ginsberg“Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius, a con man extraordinaire and probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman.” –Bob Dylan…
A Quiet Life
by Kenzaburo Oe“[These] ordinary lives . . . are movingly illuminated . . . portraits drawn with affection, insight and that wry humor . . . that is one of the defining…
At the Full and Change of the Moon
by Dionne Brand“[Brand has] a lush and exuberant style that may put some readers in mind of Toni Morrison or Edwidge Danticat.” –The New York Times Book Review…
Uniform Justice
by Donna Leon“Leon is probably the best mystery writer you’ve never heard of. . . . She uses the relatively small and crime-free canvas of Venice for riffs about Italian life, sexual…
Transforming Leadership
by James MacGregor Burns“Harvesting vignettes from American and world history and reading them in light of new sociological and psychological research, [Burns’] latest book aims to put “transforming leadership” at the core of…
