Posts Tagged ‘history’
Rites of Spring
Rites of Spring The Great War and the birth of the modern age More Reviews: “It is the extraordinary accomplishment of Modris Eksteins’s Rites of Spring that he grasps the tortured interplay between the most ghastly war ever fought and the social, intellectual, and cultural movements of the time. It is a work of superb scholarship; it…
Read MoreQUELLING THE PEOPLE
OUP US/92Lester CAN/92Stanford University Press US/98 QUELLING THE PEOPLE A highly readable account of the 1989 military suppression of democracy in China by Timothy Brook, a renowned China scholar who holds the Shaw Chair in Chinese Studies at Oxford University.
Read MorePraise for: Dead Reckoning
Ken McGoogan is possibly the only historian of the Arctic who has made more than nine trips to the region, including journeys through the fabled Northwest Passage. His dozen published books include four biographies of Arctic explorers. He has won such coveted prizes as: the Pierre Berton Award for History, the University of British Columbia Medal…
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Reviews ofRace To The Polar Sea “McGoogan frames this exciting biography in terms of the mythological concepts of the hero and the transformative quest. Highly recommended.” Starred Review Library Journal “McGoogan’s book goes a long way towards returning Kane to his rightful position in the adventure and scientific pantheon, and through unprecedented access to the…
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“Ken McGoogan’s magnificent Race to the Polar Sea [is] arguably the most evocative of his four volumes on vintage Arctic exploration. The most literate of the northern adventurers, Kane left an impressive legacy that McGoogan, who sailed the same waters – now ice-free – explains, expands and makes relevant. This is a memorable book about an unforgettable…
Read MoreHow the Scots Invented Canada
“…[written with] lively intelligence and [a] keen eye for detail…How the Scots Invented Canada provides a pleasurable way to get to know many of the most colourful men and women in our history.”Globe & Mail “McGoogan’s How the Scots Invented Canada is certainly an inspired work and its author is rapidly becoming the rightful successor to populist historian…
Read More50 Canadians Who Changed the World
“Ken McGoogan is required reading for any Canadian who wants to know the real history of our country.†—Peter Mansbridge “McGoogan is rapidly becoming the rightful successor to populist historian Pierre Berton.†—Toronto Star 50 Canadians Who Changed the World Amazing people who have built our present and are shaping our tomorrow. Using the successful…
Read MoreDead Reckoning
Praise for Fatal Passage: “A passionately and immaculately researched book. A sort of Arctic whodunnit†Beryl Bainbridge “McGoogan tells a riveting story — backed by solid research — that illuminates a fascinating chapter in the annals of Arctic exploration†The Wall Street Journal “In Ken McGoogan’s artful telling, John Rae emerges from the shadows to take…
Read MoreRites of Spring
“Eksteins is as gifted a stylist as he is a scholar. One reads it with fascination and intellectual gratitude.â€Alfred Kazin “…a witty and enterprising scholarâ€Kurt Vonnegut “…nothing less than a retrospective of our entire century. Art and politics, dance and war, have never been the same. …It is the start of a new history.â€James Carroll…
Read MoreWalking Since Daybreak
Walking Since Daybreak More Reviews: “Walking Since Daybreak is a deeply moving and intellectually challenging view of modern history and its meaning for modern man… In its fresh look at the legacy of World War 11, Eksteins’ fine book builds a frame in which the crucial questions of modern history and its meaning are, insistently, to…
Read MoreWalking Since Daybreak
“A deeply moving and intellectually challenging view of modern history.â€Los Angeles Times “…a beautiful meditation, written with both intellectual and moral urgency.â€Publishers Weekly “…an important reassessment of WWII and it’s outcome… provocative and ambitious.â€Kirkus Reviews Winner Pearson Literary Prize Standaart Nthlds 2007Houghton Mifflin 1999Macmillan UK 2000 OPKey Porter Canada 1999Atena Latvia 2002 Walking Since Daybreak In…
Read MoreReviews for Solar Dance
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery, and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty Knopf Canada 2012Harvard University Press 2012 Reviews for Solar Dance Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty “Solar Dance conveys the heady atmosphere that made Berlin the first European capital to embrace the…
Read MoreTHE CONFUSIONS OF PLEASURE: A History Of Ming China 1368-1644
“This is joyful and comprehensive scholarship, full of motion and detail. Timothy Brook encases the fascinating and changeable world of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in a clear conceptual and chronological framework which any non-specialist can follow. Here are a wealth of Ming people and their problems, along with the very stuff of their world: bricks…
Read MoreVermeer’s Hat
“Thanks to Brook’s roving and insatiably curious gaze, Vermeer’s small scenes widen onto the broad panorama of world history… The result is like one of Vermeer’s trademark reflective pearls that magically reveals a world beyond itself. A more entertaining guide to world history — and to Vermeer–is difficult to imagineâ€Ross King “Vermeer’s Hat is a deftly…
Read MoreSolar Dance
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery, and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age Solar Dance: Van Gogh, Forgery, and the Eclipse of Certainty Modris Eksteins is the author of acclaimed books on modernism, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age and Walking Since Daybreak: A story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart of Our…
Read MoreMr. Selden’s Map of China
Praise for Mr. Selden’s Map of China: “Brook is a true practitioner of the broad, rich and currently endangered concept of the humanities… reads like a perfect day at the library.†—The Globe and Mail “a fast-moving, conversational narrative, which flies by before you realise you have just been guided through some of the more esoteric…
Read MoreThe Great Bratby
Maurice Yacowar, who writes extensively on popular culture, knew of Bratby the artist. When he spotted out-of-print copies of his novels for sale on eBay, which were previously unknown to him, his interest was piqued. It led him to a mountainous cache of diaries, letters and documents. He supplemented these with interviews of Bratby’s intimates.…
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