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June 2012 - Posts
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In Endowed By Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson describes the successful quest for a sweet spot for faith without coercion. The following has been posted on the Books page of the History News Network site. Perhaps Read More...
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Jim is vacationing in northern New Hampshire. His Kindle reading, long delayed, is Suzanne Collins 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games. This is a book that has already been much read, sometimes more than once, by multiple members of his household. His interest Read More...
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Rock of Ages and the problem of great mediocrity In the fall of 1978, a big event happened in my life: the progressive rock band Styx released its eighth album, Pieces of Eight. I'd become a Styx fan the year before when I went to my first rock concert Read More...
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In Home , Toni Morrison goes back to the farm -- and the Korean War The following has been posted on the Books page of the History News Network site. Is there a better modern American historian than Toni Morrison? In novel after novel, in a career now Read More...
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In Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel continues brewing a powerful historical concoction The following has been posted on the Books page of the History News Network site. Toting around a book -- even one anonymously encased in a Kindle, as is increasingly Read More...
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My 2009 book Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write and Think about History has recently been published in an updated and expanded edition by Wiley-Blackwell. This edition features a new chapter on introductions and conclusion, as well as further information Read More...
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