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Bananas

by Peter Chapman

“United Fruit essentially invented not only ‘the concept and reality of the banana republic,’ but also, as Chapman shows, the concept and reality of the modern banana. [A] witty, energetic…

Peace Kills

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Peace Kills is war coverage in the great tradition of Catch 22 and M*A*S*H: Wars can be right or wrong, but they are always crazy and frightening in the center…

Grove at Home: May 16-22

…of history’s great Grovers, D.H. Lawrence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm_CEmybOjc   Gil Scott-Heron enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Last Wednesday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2021

The Breaking of Nations

by Robert Cooper

“Essentially an attempt to bridge the ideological divide between hard and soft power. Both, he suggests in this short, elegant collection of essays, are necessary in today’s messy world.” –The…

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, Karsh shows us that it is…

The New Great Game

by Lutz Kleveman

“A compact style and a sharp eye for detail . . . help the reader digest a huge and complex subject. . . . [Kleveman] is clearly an intelligent observer…

Guests of the Ayatollah

by Mark Bowden

“Heart-stopping, and heart-breaking.” —James Traub, New York Times Book Review…

Thunder Run

by David Zucchino

“Zucchino paints a vivid picture of the battle by stiching together the narratives of soldiers, officers, generals and Iraqis whom he interviewed during and after the war. . . ….

Love in the Big City

by Sang Young Park

A funny, transporting, surprising, and poignant novel that was one of the highest selling debuts of recent years in Korea, Love in the Big City tells the story of a…

Grove at Home: June 21—27

…cities. Lastly, a note: panel moderator Omar Akbar offers his comments in German, but all three panelists speak English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mis95kvBMc   Mohammed Hanif on the Lockdown in Karachi We get…