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Book Review | The Shortlist How Endangered Is American Democracy? By ARI BERMAN The New York Times APRIL 13, 2018 Credit John Gall HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE By Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt 312 pp. Crown. $26. Photo Seize the military. Bombard the presidential palace. Topple the sitting leader. Take over the media. This is how we think of authoritarian regimes beginning. Yet de..

The Man Booker International Prize Shortlist Submitted by Nisha on Thu, 2018-04-12 17:39 Literary Hub 2018 The Man Booker International Prize today, Thursday 12 April, reveals the shortlist of six books in contention for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world. The £50,000 prize for the winning book will be divided equally..

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Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray review – is every atheist an inverted believer? An impressively erudite work, ranging from St Augustine to Joseph Conrad, embraces an atheism that finds enough mystery in the material world Terry Eagleton The Guardian Wed 11 Apr 2018 07.30 BST Last modified on Wed 11 Apr 2018 11.22 BST John Gray … ‘a misanthrope for whom human life has..

[정미경의 이런 영어 저런 미국]영어야, 트럼프 만나 고생이 많다 정미경 국제부 전문기자·前 워싱턴 특파원동아일보입력 2018-04-11 03:00수정 2018-04-11 03:00 정미경 국제부 전문기자·前 워싱턴 특파원 “China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters, rips it out of water and takes it to China..

The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic’s political future Joshua Kurlantzick The Guardian Sat 8 Oct 2016 08.00 BST Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 14.22 GMT A destroyed French tank and an aircraft propeller that are stil..

The Penguin History of Modern ChinaPUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 12:00amUPDATED : Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 12:00am Comments: by Jonathan Fenby Allen Lane, HK$480 She was 17 and had been heard to remark that American-made shoe polish was really good. But this was in China in 1957 and Mao Zedong had deemed it politically expedient to put an end to the Hundred Flowers campaign,..

Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization By REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN The New York Times MARCH 29, 2018 Photo An 1877 painting by Anton von Werner depicts a defiant Martin Luther. Credit Anton von Werner FATAL DISCORD Erasmus, Luther and the Fight for the Western Mind By Michael Massing Illustrated. 976 pp. Harper. $45. Often the best way ..

Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language By EMMA BYRNE Reviewed by Peter Lewis / Barnes & Noble, March 6, 2018 Swearing is salubrious. William Shakespeare applied it, Mark Twain advised it — but in Swearing Is Good for You, science journalist Emma Byrne makes the case anew with éclat and choice malediction. Let Byrne count the ways: managing stress (as..

[고미석 칼럼]그때 이 땅에는 없고, 일본에는 있었던 것고미석 논설위원 동아일보, 2018-02-21 03:00수정 2018-02-21 03:00 승자 아닌 패자에 주목한 力著, 손일의 메이지유신 탐구서 신정부의 대역죄인 에노모토, ‘나라의 미래’ 위한 인재라며 메이지 실세들은 사면 뒤 중용 한국은 비좁은 인재 ..