by Nil There is something almost unsettling about the fact that Charles Spencer’s most intimate book about Diana begins, in effect, with a question of possession: who knew her best? His mother,
Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, ‘The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World’ published by Princeton University Press She is
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by Paul K Lyons In the moon’s clear lightall mundane desiresare but a path of dreams So wrote the great poet Saiokuken Sōchō in medieval Japan, half a millennium ago. The verse
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, The Hermit King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un, published by Macmillan During Kim Jong Il’s reign, North Korea’s primary aim was gangseong
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, published by Macmillan “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Children of God.” — Matthew
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerrilla Victory published by Monthly Review Press With the overthrow
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The following article is based on the excerpts adapted from the author’s maiden book, Palestine 1936 published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Palestinians, despairing over their thwarted national hopes, wage acts
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by Our Defence Correspondent ‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he, today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.’ – William Shakespeare The process of
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s newly released book, Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics between the World Wars published by W. W. Norton & Company “In a world of falling
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s new book, Syria Betrayed: Atrocities, War, and the Failure of International Diplomacy published by Columbia University Press. Everybody had their agenda and the interests of the
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Following excerpts are adapted from the author’s new book, Spare, published by Penguin Random House. Days Later I Was In Botswana, with Chels. We went to stay with Teej and Mike. Adi was
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s new book, “India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today,” published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, California By the rules of the Indian National Congress
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, published by Penguin Random House “Fellow countrymen,” Lincoln said, “at this second appearing to
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In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s sweeping, moving autobiography, one of the most formidable and insightful leaders of our time tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment
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The following experts adapted from the author’s latest book, Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10, published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. ‘Success is the child of
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The following excerpts are adapted from the author’s new book, Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World published by Hardie Grant Books Yu Enguang’s story has never previously
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