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Category Archives: Cultural history

At The Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell

April 29, 2021

My husband reads more seriously than I do, in fields that range from social history to science to philosophy. I …

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The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

April 19, 2021

I never understood how perilously close England came to invasion and defeat during World War II. I’ve read books that …

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A year among the Janeites

December 28, 2020

I’ve read five Jane Austen-themed books this year, from memoir to mystery and beyond. What can I say? It was …

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The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England

October 20, 2020

by Ian Mortimer I was intrigued by the title of Ian Mortimer’s 2008 history: The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval …

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Fallen Fret by Ray Richard

June 15, 2016

I’m as guilty as the next reader of drifting into ruts, defaulting too often to the same genres, settings, and …

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Someone by Alice McDermott

May 26, 2014

Young Marie’s Brooklyn neighbor Pegeen has been having problems keeping her balance as she heads back and forth to work …

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Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

September 25, 2013

Who can turn the world on with her smile Who can take a nothing day, And suddenly make it all …

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