BOOK REVIEWThe Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internetby Jeff Jarvis 2023 About the AuthorJeff Jarvis holds the Leonard Tow Chair in Journalism Innovation and directs the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. He was … Continue reading The Gutenberg Parenthesis
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Emperor of Rome
BOOK REVIEWEmperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman Worldby Mary Beard 2023 About the AuthorDame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA, FRSL (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of Classics at the University of Cambridge. She … Continue reading Emperor of Rome
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Tenants
BOOK REVIEWTenants: The People on the Frontline of Britains Housing Emergencyby Vicky Spratt 2023 About the AuthorVicky Spratt is a housing journalist and documentary maker. Her 2016 campaign Make Renting Fair highlighted the plight of 'generation rent' and succeeded in getting letting fees for tenants in England banned. She speaks at political conferences about the … Continue reading Tenants
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The Mughals and the Sufis
BOOK REVIEWThe Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and Political Imagination in India, 1500-1750by Muzaffar Alam 2022 About the AuthorMuzaffar Alam is George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including, The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200–1800 and The Crisis of … Continue reading The Mughals and the Sufis
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The Secret Life of Groceries
BOOK REVIEWThe Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarketby Benjamin Lorr 2020 About the AuthorBENJAMIN LORR is the author of Hell-Bent, a critically acclaimed exploration of the Bikram Yoga community that first detailed patterns of abuse and sexual misconduct by guru Bikram Choudhury. Lorr is a graduate of Montgomery County public … Continue reading The Secret Life of Groceries
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The Continental Dollar
BOOK REVIEWThe Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper MoneyFarley Grubb 2023 About the AuthorFarley Grubb is professor of economics at the University of Delaware and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. About the Book"The Continental Dollar provides an innovative, painstakingly thorough study of how the Americans used … Continue reading The Continental Dollar
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The Overlooked Americans
BOOK REVIEWThe Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Countryby Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 2023 About the AuthorElizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the University of Southern California.The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she holds the Kluge Chair … Continue reading The Overlooked Americans
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