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Xi Jinping and the Addictive Quality of Biographies
Apologies for my two weeks’ radio silence… Work has been intense, so I haven’t mustered up the energy to blog until this weekend. Happily, I’ve been reading, and there is plenty to catch up on! My current obsession reading focus is an unlikely one: CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping (2016) by Kerry Brown. … Read more >>
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The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
Statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-ilby Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, [CC BY-SA 3.0] A man with a wife and family, Bandi risked all he had to publish this book. When his relative offered to help smuggle the manuscript out of the country, he chose to accept, ultimately trusting his and his family’s lives to the… Read more >>
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Ben-Hur – 1: "The happiness of love is in action…"
Previously: Introduction The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others. Lawyer, soldier, governor, and diplomat, Lew Wallace seems the unlikely writer of one of the most successful Christian-themed novels of Western literature. It may help to realize that Wallace did not consider himself religious at… Read more >>
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Ben-Hur – A Book Journal
Panorama Jerusalem in Altotting by Gebhard Fugel[GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0] Oppressed by its own government, your native city is at the edge of a crisis. The conquering war-spirit of Mars has found its next generation of followers, and the subjugated people feel it. Till now, your family has always managed to be safe from… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
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- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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