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...almost too copious and familiar; it takes a gifted historian to shape it into something fresh and coherent without sacrificing the details. A new book, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by New York University professor and frequent commentator on European affairs Tony Judt, does just that. The tome weighs in at a doorstopping 878 pages, yet it offers a brilliant and compelling synthesis of the past 60 years - a period we think we know all too well. The history of the modern era doesn't lend itself to simplification, argues Judt, 57, an Englishman who began his career...
...blizzards on Saturday, sweltering sunshine on Tuesday—seems like Cambridge’s weather is as loony as its panhandlers. To get to the bottom of our freaky climate, FM checked out ye olde bastion of meteorological knowledge: The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The paperback tome, published annually since 1792, purports to predict a year’s worth of America’s weather. This year, things look especially grim for Beantown. Come winter, Harvardians can look forward to reading period, latkes at Hillel, and “much greater than normal” snowfall...
...Middle East.But Finkelstein said that he will also touch on his ongoing feud with Dershowitz, who he charged with committing plagiarism in September 2003. Dershowitz has repeatedly denied the allegations. In July, he attempted to discourage the University of California Press from publishing Finkelstein’s latest tome, but was unsuccessful in the effort.The introduction to Finkelstein’s book includes comments on the alleged plagiarism in Dershowitz’s 2003 book “The Case for Israel,” which Finkelstein contends is “among the most spectacular academic frauds ever published...
MANGOES & CURRY LEAVES/ JEFFREY ALFORD, NAOMI DUGUID Almost as much travelogue as cookbook, this hefty photo-laden tome takes readers on a culinary tour of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The authors are regular travelers to the region, and the text often reads like a letter from a more than usually adventurous friend--a friend who knows a lot about food. The recipes can be ingredient heavy and complicated but reward the effort with authentically spicy Goan pork vindaloo, Bengali fish in broth, salsas and sambols, as well as diverse breads and rice dishes that make eating almost...