The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf
One of the most important scientists of the western tradition, and about whom we in America know little, is …
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Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Great Wave of Progress
Just finished listening to a very able Audible reading of The Bully Pulpit, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s paean to Theodore Roosevelt, …
Gandhi as Community Organizer
A new two volume biography of Mohandas Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha looks to be a good addition. Reviewed in The …