Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Friday, October 24, 2025

Justice Kennedy asks: Where is civil discourse?

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Justice Anthony M. Kennedy with Kate Meeks at the Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 2025/ By Patricia Leslie At the  Aspen Institu...
Monday, October 20, 2025

Book review: Who was Perle Mesta?

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The author of  The Woman Who Knew Everyone:  The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess,  Meryl Gordon, has compiled an ...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Book review: Blake Gopnik exposes Albert Barnes

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In  The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream , art critic Blake Gopnik tells us, in his well-documented tome, all abo...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Book review: Mary was a 'Captive Queen'

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Jade Scott , is a specialist on Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), and the secretary of the Scottish History Society and an associate fellow ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Still another book on Tsar Nicholas II, but this one ...

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Tsuyoshi Hasegawa professor emeritus in history at the University of California at Santa Barbara has written many books on Russian history,...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Four great audiobooks by Dolly, Mel, Rod, and Billie Jean

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They would be  Mel Brooks ,   Rod Stewart ,  Dolly Parton , and  Billie Jean King , talking about themselves in their autobiographies  (or i...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

An art lover's must read

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If you love anything about art, this is a fascinating excursion into the wild world of art. The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, An...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

I go da da for Da Da

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George Grosz (1893-1959),  The Guilty One Remains Unknown , 1919, pen and Italian ink drawing, collage on cardboard, the Art Institute of Ch...