Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna, and the Discovery of the Modern Mind By Frank Tallis. St. Martin’s Press, 2024. Hardcover, 496 pages, $31. Frank Tallis published Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna, and the Discovery of the Modern Mind early in 2024. The University Bookman...
Alfred Dreyfus The Man at the Center of the Affair By Maurice Samuels. Yale University Press, 2024. Paperback, 224 pages, $20. Maurice Samuels published Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair early this year. The University Bookman contributor JP O’Malley...
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence (Jewish Lives) By Joseph Berger. Yale University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 360 pages, $26. Joseph Berger published Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence early last year. The University Bookman contributor JP O’Malley caught up with...
The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II By Ian Buruma. Penguin Press, 2023. Hardcover, 320 pages, $30. Ian Buruma published The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II early last year. The University...
The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing By Thomas Harding. Pegasus Books, 2023. Hardcover, 336 pages, $29.95. Thomas Harding published The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing last year. The University Bookman...
@NadyaWilliams81 @cjscalia @ubookman Nadya, I enjoyed this thoughtful and sharply written essay on an important book. Some day we might look for a chance to hash these issues out. Maybe with Christopher. What are the limits of political criteria? What does Christian humanism say on this question?