Reporter Adam LeBor argues that the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. Then, William Cope Moyers—son of Bill Moyers—shares his story of addiction and recovery. Plus, a tribute to the largely forgotten art of sentence diagramming. And we revisit the influential lives of nine Hungarian Jews who fled from Hitler.
Has the UN Failed to Confront Genocide?
In Complicity with Evil, Adam LeBor argues that from Rwanda to Bosnia to Darfur, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide.
Complicity with Evil is available for purchase at amazon.com
Addiction and Recovery
William Cope Moyers—son of Bill Moyers—talks about his battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
Broken is available for purchase at amazon.com
Mapping Grammar
Kitty Burns Florey shares her history of the mostly lost art of sentence diagramming, in Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog.
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog is available for purchase at amazon.com
Fleeing from Hitler
Kati Marton looks at the influential lives of nine Hungarian Jews who fled from Hitler, and went on to have a huge impact on science, film, and literature.
The Great Escape is available for purchase at amazon.com
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