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Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Louise Jones
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East ($20 pb) by David Fromkin. How the self-appointed Great Powers divided the Middle East among themselves during and after WWI and led to so many of today's problems. Readable, literate, important. � Louise Jones
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Bill LewisHIGHEST RECOMMENDATION. This work is a stunning achievment. Never before have we had anything approaching a full biography of any early New England slaves. Although historians have been giving us more and better information regarding the prevalence of slavery in the north well into the 19th century, we have only had lists of names, locations, and perhaps records of births, deaths, or transfers of ownership. For... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Bill LewisHIGHEST RECOMMENDATION. Joseph Ellis says more, explains more, and does it better in 243 pages than most other books three times the size. And, as usual with Ellis, the writing sparkles and the insights are memorable. The Founders had opportunities, crises, foresight, and ignorance. They showed bravery, timidity, idealism, and realism. They did astonishing things (thank you), failed terribly (curse you), and in... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Nancy ScheemakerThe Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman is a war story about
Jan and Antonina Zabinski, caretakers of the majestic Warsaw Zoo when
Germany seized Poland in 1939. Their expertise and companionship to a
vast menagerie of exotic animals makes for a fascinating read. The Zabinski's
used ingenious tactics to utilize the zoo to rescue several hundred Jews
imprisoned at the Warsaw Ghetto. Ackerman's writing... read more>>>
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