And it’s great to have the Liberian civil war and pot brownies in San Francisco on the same list. Part of our best books of 2021 series. Interview by Cal Flyn, Deputy Editor February 26, 2021 Five Books aims to keep its book recommendations and interviews up to date. If you are ...
This "remixed classic" tells the story of “Little Women” starring a Black March family living in the Freedpeople's Colony of Roanoke Island during the Civil War. Morrow's gorgeously written retelling captures the warm familial love of the original but adds an incisive new layer of commentary...
Garfield wrote to his wife during the Civil War that the fight with disease “is infinitely more horrible than battle”. When Garfield was shot it need not have been fatal; indeed it took over two months for him to die. This book is a powerful reminder that we need to take antibiotic ...
2021 has been a banner year for books, which made it even harder to choose our favorites. But here are our top 20, guaranteed to feed your mind, heart, soul.
The 10 Best Books on China in 2021 The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel Set during the Second World War, The Last Rose of Shanghai is a dynamic love story juxtaposed with the despair of the Japanese occupation of the city. The book’s protagonists make for an unlikely pair: ...
The Last Light, by Pirate Aba (2021) The fifth installment of The Wandering Inn series. In the world full of magic and monsters, Erin Solstice sees an inn as a relic of the past. Nonetheless, things aren't always so civil in her situation. There might be problems in relation to surviv...
victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New...
The title of his 1939 classic—and just try imaging the novel under a different name—comes from the nation’s best-loved Civil War anthem. (It was Steinbeck’s wife Carol who came up with the refulgent idea.) When first published it carried both the verses of Julia Ward Howe and the ...
Chicago activist and bar owner Art Johnston and his partner in life and business, Jose “Pepe” Pena. The couple, who have been together for 50 years, helped create community – opening the iconic gay bar Sidetrack in 1982 – and fueled a civil rights movement that is still active today....
The Soviet Union, allied more closely with the CCP, sent an imperative telegram to Mao in 1941, warning that civil war would also make the situation easier for the Japanese military. Due to the international community's efforts, there was a temporary and superficial peace. Chiang criticized ...