Two middle-aged women defied the Nazis. One ‘wrote’ a book that betrayed the other.
When Matthew Goodman began research for his new book, “Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal ...
Elliot Ackerman’s 6 favorite books on war and duty
Marine veteran and former CIA officer Elliot Ackerman is the best-selling author of several novels and memoirs. His most ...
The Last Great Yiddish Novel
The impossibility of conveying in ordinary Yiddish the experience of walking through the empty streets of one’s eradicated ...
France 24 on MSN5d
Author Charlie English on the best-kept secret of the cold war
It's a book that tells the astonishing story of the books that were smuggled across the Iron curtain during and after the Second World War. Described by the Observer as a “gripping account of an ...
Observer Today7d
Finding love at war: Book tells woman’s story as war bride in World War II
John D’Agostino of the Dunkirk OBSERVER gave me the green light to go out and get stories of local veterans for the In Honor ...
‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...
Biblioracle: New book on Anne Frank considers both the person and the cultural pawn she’s become
Franklin dives into all of this by considering Anne Frank through a series of different lenses — child, refugee, prisoner, ...
‘The Maverick’s Museum’ Review: Albert Barnes and the Art of Collecting
His talent for pharmaceutical chemistry made him rich. His bold taste in paintings created the foundation for America’s most ...
Judy Collins Reflects on Death of Husband Louis Nelson After 46 Years Together: 'We Had the Most Wonderful Life'
Judy Collins' husband Louis Nelson, who designed the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., died in December at ...
The Observer11d
Peter Beinart lectures on new book, 'Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza'
Peter Beinart explored the ideological shifts shaping Jewish perspectives on Israel and Palestine, critiquing how Zionism has ...
The New York Times26d
Book Review: ‘Looking at Women Looking at War,’ by Victoria Amelina
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. LOOKING AT WOMEN LOOKING AT WAR: A War and Justice Diary, by Victoria Amelina Three years after ...
Israel’s pivot to the right brings unprecedented crackdown on freedom of speech
Mahmoud Muna looked on in in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old ...