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The gurus of how-to Ubell and Son take listeners’ calls on home repair. Forensic anthropologist Clea Koff’s work has led her to the sites of some of the worst genocides of human history, including mass graves in Rwanda and parts of the former Yugoslavia. She explains how efforts to exhume bodies in these areas has not only helped in establishing the identity of the victims but uncovered evidence of war crimes, The Bone Woman. Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the intricacies of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and how it has shaped Western culture, The Reformation: A History.
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Clea Koff
Forensic anthropologist Clea Koff’s work has led her to the sites of some of the worst genocides of human history, including mass graves in Rwanda and parts of the former Yugoslavia. She explains how efforts to exhume bodies in these areas has not only helped in establishing the identity of the victims but uncovered evidence of war crimes, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia,Croatia, and Kosovo.
» Read an excerpt of Bone Woman in the Reading Room
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the intricacies of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and how it has shaped Western culture. His book is called The Reformation: A History.
Events: MacCulloch will be giving a talk Monday May 12 at 7:30pm at the B&N at 82nd and Broadway
Music: Baroque Recorder Music Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
“Mein junges Leben hat ein End”
“Fantasia super Io son ferito Prelude and Fugue in C minor”
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