Daily Archive: January 21, 2016

The following is an interview with Daniel Herwitz, author of  The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption:nnQ: There’s a Lady Diana book industry out there that keeps the discount catalogues of England and America in business....

The following is an interview with Stephanie Hepburn, coauthor (with Rita Simon) of Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight (For more on the book, you can also watch a video of Stephanie Hepburn discussing the book.):nnQuestion: What...

ALAN L. HEIL, JR. TALKS VOICE OF AMERICA n nnIn Voice of America: A History, Alan L. Heil, Jr., former deputy director of VOA, chronicles the remarkable transformation of the VOA from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War...

Robert W. Hanning was interviewed, on the publication of his book, Serious Play. Desire and Authority in the Poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto, by Pocahontas Perelstein, feminist critic and talk show host. A partial transcript follows:nnQ: How did this...

The following is an interview with John S. Haller Jr, author of Shadow Medicine: The Placebo in Conventional and Alternative Therapies. For more on the book, read John Haller’s essay The Medical Challenge:nnQ: In Shadow Medicine, you use the term conventional medicine. What...

In Muhammad’s Grave, Leor Halevi offers a unique perspective on the making of Islamic social and religious ideals during this early period, Halevi forges a fascinating link between the development of funerary rites and the efforts of an emerging religion...

Joseph Stiglitz has called Famine in North Korea “The authoritative account of the famine, examining its origins and impact from the level of the individual household to the high politics of international diplomacy. It is an extraordinary book, essential reading for...

In Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Terrorism to Contemporary Bioterrorism, Jeanne Guillemin explores the problems biological weapons pose for contemporary policymakers and public officials, particularly in the United States. nnQuestion: What major nations pioneered the offensive use of...