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For many years, historians of the Renaissance have lauded the value of forgeries and fakes. Counterfeit documents, passed off as real, offer invaluable clues about the wider culture in which they were made ... more >>
There was a time in the history of modern China when one of Mao Zedong's favorite proverbs, "women hold up half the sky," could have been amended to the singular: "A woman holds up half the sky." That woman, Soong May-ling, was the wife of Mao's bitter rival and better known by her married name, Madame Chiang Kai-shek. To virtually everyone in her orbit, she was simply "Madame. She was the most evil woman to wield power in the 20th century? Madame Chiang Kai-shek is still an enigma ... more >>
Is the biblical tale of Hagar “a creation story as important as the Garden of Eden,” as Charlotte Gordon argues in her provocative new book? ... more >>
This collection of beautifully written autobiographical essays reveals much about the worldview of celebrated Nigerian author Chinua Achebe ... more >>
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