by Library Lin | Jan 16, 2023 | History
944. Books on the history of France Further Reading: Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790. Anglo-Irish statesman, philosopher, and political theorist Edmund Burke supported the American Revolution but vehemently opposed the French Revolution. In... 
by Library Lin | Nov 28, 2022 | History
951. Books on China and adjacent areas Further Reading: Peter Hessler Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China and the West, 2006. Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, China changed rapidly. Journalist Peter Hessler describes how they affected the lives of... 
by Library Lin | Oct 19, 2022 | History
947. Books on Russia & East Europe Further Reading: Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World, 1998. In the 1970s, historian and Judaic Studies scholar Yaffa Eliach was asked to work on a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust. She decided the best way to honor them... 
by Library Lin | Sep 8, 2022 | History
944. Books on the history of France and Monaco Further Reading: Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790. Anglo-Irish political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke examines the challenges societies face when undergoing extreme change. He uses the... 
by Library Lin | Aug 29, 2022 | History
Sun Dancing: Life in a Medieval Irish Monastery and How Celtic Spirituality Influenced the World by Geoffrey Moorhouse My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like many introverts, I’ve always thought a secluded, monkish lifestyle would be preferable to the loud people-stew in which... 
by Library Lin | Aug 1, 2022 | History
943. Books on the history of Germany & Central Europe Further Reading: Carmen Callil Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland and Vichy France, 2006. Nazi sympathizers existed all across Europe as World War II raged on. This is the story of French...