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| The Critic’s Critic A valuable new biography of Samuel Johnson, the most eminent of all literary critics. feeds.nytimes.com |
A Soldier’s Story A writer revisits the 1918 battle that left its mark on his grandfather. feeds.nytimes.com |
1848: Year of Revolution by Mike Rapport | Book review In the early 19th century, Europe was dominated by a conservative order trying, in differing but largely authoritarian ways, to keep peace after the Napoleonic wars. Social conditions were declining, industrial cities were surrounded by slums, and workers 窶 when there was work 窶 were spending 60-70% of their income on food and drink; German labourers, for example, "survived essentially on potatoes and hard spirits". In January 1848 De Tocqueville told the French Chamber of Deputies: "We are sleeping on a volcano. Can you not feel窶ｦ the wind of revolution in the air?" And so it proved, with regimes across the continent, from Paris to Krakow, challenged, not always successfully. Cleverly and sensitively chronicled, this is a pacy, learned history that makes sense of an extraordinary year.Historyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |
Paperback Nonfiction Top 5 at a Glance1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin3. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner4. GLENN BECK’S ‘COMMON SENSE’, by Glenn Beck5. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell feeds.nytimes.com |
Madrid plans Cervantes time capsule New capsule will replace box found under statue of the Don Quixote author, which contained books up to 200 years oldThe Madrid regional government wants to plant a new time capsule to replace one filled with books, documents and mementos up to 200 years old that was dug up by workers a month ago from beneath an 1834 statue in Madrid of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote.The new capsule will contain objects associated with present-day Madrid or with Cervantes.The old capsule, a tightly sealed lead box, contained five copies of Don Quixote published in 1819, a newspaper from 1834 wrapped around a calendar, travel guides and a manuscript covered in cloth.SpainMadridHeritageguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |