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When the Inquisition descends on Montaillou, Craig credibly and creditably allots all sides--heretics, informers, even torturers--a measure of sympathy. She demonstrates powerfully that even those who escape the rack, by good luck or God's grace, can end up being broken by life in other ways.
The original Mormon pioneers came to Utah under duress-their founder, Joseph Smith, was murdered in Illinois in 1844, and his followers fled westward to escape persecution. Modern-day non-Mormon settlers will come only because they want to, and the state's leaders know that. So, as if by...
It opens with two big block panels drawn by Tony Millionaire, featuring Harvey Pekar, the grumpy old man of indie comix. When he hears the news on the radio he says, "I bet it don't get any easier here on," a classic of Pekar's truth in understatement. Nearly...
Last week's detention by U.S. troops of six suspected al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Bosnia showed just how hard the Bush Administration is willing to lean on other friendly governments in the war on terror. The six Algerians, who at the time held Bosnian papers, were arrested by Bosnian...
This comic-book fund raiser collects more than 60 black-and-white vignettes about Sept. 11 into 208 pages. Most are indie artists' personal accounts of that day, like Evan Forsch's escape from the 89th floor of the north tower. With profits going to various charities, comic books like...