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I recently went on a cruise on the Mississippi River, sailing south and ending in New Orleans. Friends had suggested that i take along Mark Twain's book, Life on the Mississippi (1883), which I did, and I thereby became, after many years, a fan of Twain's writing all over again. Happily rediscovering his brilliant and original mind, his wit, his knack for storytelling , and his progressive thinking, I decided to read, or re-read, as much of him as possible. Presently I picked up A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889). All I knew about this novel was that the hero, a nineteenth-century American, was somehow transported back in time to sixth-century England, where, among other things, he amazed the kings and peasants alike by his correct prediction of an eclipse of the sun. The book offers many amusing and unexpected twists, not to mention social satire, as the…
In this classic satiric novel, published in 1889, Hank Morgan, a supervisor in a Connecticut gun factory, falls unconscious after being whacked on the head. When he wakes up he finds himself in Britain in 528 — where he is immediately captured, hauled back to Camelot to be exhibited before the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and sentenced to death. Things are not looking good. But Hank is a quick-witted and enterprising fellow, and in the process of saving his life he turns himself into a celebrity of the highest magnitude. His Yankee ingenuity and knowledge of the world…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
This book provided important historical grounding on the current Israeli war on Gaza. It demonstrated the throughlines in Israeli Settler Colonialism and the heavy price Palestinians have paid. This book shows that the current crisis is part of a longer attack on Palestinians.
'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending parties in this deeply unequal conflict ' Noam Chomsky
The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. The Hundred Years War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's powerful response. Drawing on his family archives, he reclaims the fundamental right of any people: to narrate their history on their own…
