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Edward VIII: Unlucky in love, or a Nazi-loving cad?Edward VIII: An American Life by Ted Powell reviewedSteve DonoghueSpectator USA25 November 2018 Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII on their wedding day Edward VIII: An American Life Ted PowellOxford University Press, pp.336, $23.11 ‘After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 months,’ King George V groused in his last ..

Myths of Maoism In recounting how a group of politically engaged scholars sought to extend solidarity to East Asia in the 1968 era, a new book falls into many of the same pitfalls as the scholars it profiles. Edward Friedman DissentNovember 16, 2018 A member of a CCAS Friendship Delegation (left) takes part in farmwork in China, 1972 (Stephen R. Mackinnon / UC San Diego Librar..

<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NZ4888Q" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></span> How Did Life Emerge?A new book argues that life may be spread more widely through the universe than we think.By Adam GaffneyThe New Republic, November 1, 2018 How did life begin..

Books Pretentious, impenetrable, hard work ... better? Why we need difficult books This year’s Booker-winner Milkman has been criticised for being challenging. But are we confusing readability with literary value? Sam Leith The Guardian Sat 10 Nov 2018 09.00 GMT Photograph: Franck Allais “The fascination of what’s difficult,” wrote WB Yeats, “has dried the sap out of..

The New CanonWhat's the most influential book of the past 20 years? The Chronicle of Higher Education, November, 2018 Each year, more than 15,000 academic books are published in North America. A scant few will reach beyond their core audience of disciplinary specialists. Fewer still will enter the public consciousness. We invited scholars from across the academy to tell us what..

The Chronicle Review What Book Changed Your Mind?The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle Review asked 12 scholars what nonfiction book published in the last 30 years has most changed their minds—not merely inspired or influenced their thinking, but profoundly altered the way they regard themselves, their work, the world. Jenny DavidsonDoping and Plagiarism I am fortu..

How Deep Is Your Love? By LUKE SWIDERSKI The New Rambler Review of Why Love Leads to Justice, by David A. J. Richards New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016 1. Recounting the one time he had slept with a woman, the novelist Christopher Isherwood recalled trying to make sense of what that meant. Before this he had only been with men—should he now switch to women? The girl..

Philosophy Illustration from The Communist Manifesto by Martin Rowson Readers of the world uniteJonathan Wolff on the inexhaustible desire to keep talking about Marx 0 --> 0"> JONATHAN WOLFF 0 --> -1 --> TLS, October 30, 2018 As Allen W. Wood observed in 1981, while it is easy to write an above-average book on Marx, it is hard to write a good one. The global outpouring of new ..

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A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Have Defined the 2010s (So Far) Up Next, the 10 Books That Defined the 2020s By Emily Temple Literary HubOctober 30, 2018 Some books are flashes in the pan, read for entertainment and then left on a bus seat for the next lucky person to pick up and enjoy, forgotten by most after their season has passed. Others stick around, are read and ..