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A Memoir of Growing Up in Communist Romania
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A Memoir of Growing Up in Communist Romania

Maria-Cristina Necula chronicles how she found her voice in more than one artistic endeavor.
Liberation Through Winter Weather: Emily Brontë’s Poem
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Liberation Through Winter Weather: Emily Brontë’s Poem

In ‘To a Wreath of Snow,’ the sight of snow outside a heroine’s prison window sets her soul free.
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Ex Libris: Emily Dickinson

Ex Libris: Emily Dickinson

In this latest chapter in our ‘Ex Libris’ series, we look at the books and authors who helped shape one of the world’s great poets, the Belle of Amherst
John Le Carré’s Son Has Done the Impossible With a New Novel

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Nick Harkaway stepped into the shoes of his father and brought his famous protagonist, George Smiley, back in the pages of ‘Karla’s Choice.’
A Look at Life When Philosophy Holds No Answers

A Look at Life When Philosophy Holds No Answers

Thomas Ward’s ‘After Stoicism’ presents philosophy’s fullness and shortcomings, and the consolation that faith offers.
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A Memoir of Growing Up in Communist Romania

A Memoir of Growing Up in Communist Romania

Maria-Cristina Necula chronicles how she found her voice in more than one artistic endeavor.
Liberation Through Winter Weather: Emily Brontë’s Poem

Liberation Through Winter Weather: Emily Brontë’s Poem

In ‘To a Wreath of Snow,’ the sight of snow outside a heroine’s prison window sets her soul free.
Novel: A WWII Old-Fashioned Hero Fights the Japanese at Sea

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‘Sink the Rising Sun’ follows America’s entry into World War II through an action-ready hero who faces the problem of Navy being stuck in the past.