by vanelistine | Jul 2, 2021 | Books
Pictured is the edition this review is based off of. | Source Mark Mathabane. Kaffir Boy. New York: Free Press, 1986. 354. Mark Mathabane’s autobiographical novel Kaffir Boy breathes life into apartheid; the social movement many have only ever viewed as a...
by vanelistine | Jul 2, 2021 | Books
Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations, Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. 240 pp. Marcus Rediker’s Villains of All Nations is undoubtedly an entertaining read for those interested in further understanding how the age of piracy developed...
by vanelistine | Jul 2, 2021 | Books
The Story of the Villiage of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There Philip Hallie. Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1979.303pp. Introduction Lest Innocent Blood be Shed by Philip Hallie is the story of “the safest place in Europe” during...
by vanelistine | Jul 2, 2021 | Books
The underlying principles and assumptions demonstrated in the works of several enlightened thinkers indicate a homologous progression of thought which was unique to the early modern period. That being said, each enlightened thinker harbors his own interpretation of...
by vanelistine | Dec 6, 2019 | Books
The arrival of Europeans in Latin America profoundly changed reality for the indigenous peoples of Hispaniola. Although the European side of the conquering is more commonly told, the effect the conquest had in changing the perspectives of Latin American Kingdoms,...