As an artistic center and cultural hub, few cities rival Florence – and for nearly 300 years, it was unmatched in the array of media it produced. Florence examines this astounding work of this period, from 1300 to 1600, within the context of the major political, social, economic, and cultural events of the time.
Read MoreDateline: The Bay Area, November 1 Book Passage in Corte Madera lives up to their own tagline, “The Bay Area’s liveliest bookstore!”. Events Coordinator Johanna Rupp hosted a lovely event that resulted in a conversation among patrons and Sandy as opposed to the more-typical volley of Q&A between audience members and an author.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Bjorn Lomborg is on Foreign Policy’s List of Top 100 Global Thinkers.
Read MoreFollowing the much-heralded publication of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume I: 1907-1922, the deluxe leather-bound edition was finally released on November 4. Limited to 500 volumes, the orders exceeded that number before the day of publication. The final binding of these books took place in the mountains of east Tennessee: an area as famous […]
Read MoreIn just four weeks in the summer of 1941, the German Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on four Soviet armies, conquering central Ukraine and killing or capturing three quarters of a million men. This was the Battle of Kiev – one of the largest and most decisive battles of World War II and, for Hitler and Stalin, a battle of crucial importance.
Read MoreIs there a difference between Tina Fey and Katie Couric? With the boundaries between news and entertainment getting fuzzier, sources of politically relevant information are coming in many different guises.
Read MoreHemingway’s home outside Havana, the Finca Vigía, turned into a shrine and museum shortly after the writer’s death, and all of Hemingway’s documents there were turned over to the Republic of Cuba.
Read MoreNot since the 1960s, during the civil rights era, have Americans acted to commandeer public places like parks in anything like the manner seen during the recent “Occupy _____” protests. Americans are not prone to take to the streets and other public places en masse to protest governments or social conditions.
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