Dry Run

October 28: “I don’t think prohibition is practical. The Germans, you see, prevent it. Look at them. I am sorry to learn that they have just invented a method of making brandy out of Sawdust.”  

African Skies

October 26: “We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and how a craft can be master of an element.”  

The Tragedy of Liberation

Acclaimed historian Frank Dikotter explores the far-reaching and tragic consequences of the Chinese Revolution from 1945 to 1957, and its vast influence on China’s current political climate.