This week’s reviews: Inside the Nixons’ marriage, the CIA’s secret Arabists, and how greed killed beautiful birds
38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)
Our latest book reviews:
America’s Great Game: the CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford, reviewed by Michael Petrou
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh, reviewed by Martin Patriquin
Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of A Marriage by Will Swift, reviewed by Julia McKinnell
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread and the Search for Peace of Mind by Scott Stossel, reviewed by Dafna Izenberg
A Feathered River Across the Sky: the Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction by Joel Greenberg, reviewed by Brian Bethune
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