Aleksei Navalny Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and ...
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The Resurrection of a Lost Yiddish Novel
At the end of the twentieth century, Chaim Grade preserved the memory of a Jewish tradition besieged by the forces of ...
US book critics honor posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
A posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Hisham Matar’s novel “My Friends” and a poetry collection by ...
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Vienna, Austria’s Timeless Capital, Is Looking Toward the Future
How Vienna’s charming timelessness complements a vanguard of provocative museums, unconventional restaurants, and clever ...
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The world’s oldest Jewish book is on display in New York City
Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, ...
Researchers uncover 2,100-year-old mass grave of dismembered Han soldiers in southern Mongolia
"Dismemberment was considered in Han culture the most humiliating way to die. Execution by dismemberment was the most ...
Remembering China's Empress Dowager Ling, A Buddhist Who Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.