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Review: Women

A modern translation of a 1933 collection of four connected stories

By David Herman

2 min read

Review: Stanley Kubrick - American Filmmaker

Review: Stanley Kubrick - American Filmmaker

David Mikics tracks Kubrick’s progress with the assiduity of a scholar and the warmth of a fan

By Stoddard Martin

2 min read

Review: To Be a Man

Review: To Be a Man

The Holocaust looms large and Israel looms even larger, though not an Israel at war.

By David Herman

2 min read

Oceans of emotions

Oceans of emotions

Andrew Rosemarine assesses David Abulafia’s two major accounts of seafaring life, death and trade through the ages

By Andrew Rosemarine

2 min read

Review: Secret Letters - A Battle of Britain Love Story

This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This book is a worthy memorial to these young heroes and to the modest intelligence officer who recorded their triumphs and tragedies

2 min read

Review: The Hitler Conspiracies

An excursion through five episodes of the Nazi period by the distinguished Cambridge historian, Sir Richard Evans

By Colin Shindler

2 min read

Review: Kracauer, a biography

This book it is much more than just a biography - it engages with the substantial intellectual disputes in which Kracauer participated

By Professor David-Hillel Ruben

2 min read

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Review: Think Least of Death

American philosopher Steven Nadler has been at the forefront of those who have helped to raise Spinoza’s profile

By David Conway

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Review: Think Least of Death

Review: Encounters and Destinies

Death looms large in this collection of essays

By David Herman

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Review: Encounters and Destinies

Review: Agent Sonya

If you are gripped by the novels of John le Carré, you will find Ben Macintyre’s latest book irresistible

By Daniel Snowman

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Review: Agent Sonya

Review: Inside Story - A Novel

Really part novel, part memoir, it is not difficult to decide which part is better. The novel is too long, largely dull and should have been better edited

By David Herman

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Review: Inside Story - A Novel

Review: The Yellow Bird Sings

Far from perfect book, Jennifer Lipman cannot shake this poignant tale from her mind

By Jennifer Lipman

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Review: The Yellow Bird Sings

Review: Never Alone

There is a seam of self-justification running through the book as Sharansky seeks to explain his political decisions

By Jenni Frazer

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Review: Never Alone

Book review: Learning on the Left

This book celebrates the many well-known alumni of Brandeis University, situated just outside Boston

By Colin Shindler

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Book review: Learning on the Left

Review: West Side Story. The Jets, the Sharks, and the making of a classic

This book is full of nutty detail, says John Nathan

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Review: West Side Story. The Jets, the Sharks, and the making of a classic

Review: Artifact

It is a meandering tale, graphic and shocking at times and meditative at others, which doesn’t so much reach a conclusion as simply end

By Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Review: Artifact

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