'Cloud Cuckoo Land' by Anthony Doerr

'Cloud Cuckoo Land' by Anthony Doerr

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Mikhail Zygar says the Soviet Union’s collapse was only a temporary win for democracy

Wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East are reshaping global politics. In The Dark Side of the Earth, exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar traces the origins of these conflicts to the end of the Cold War. The book is a history of Russia as seen from Moscow during different mome ...  Show more

In 'Yesteryear,' a tradwife influencer wakes up in the time period she’s fetishized

Natalie Heller Mills is a tradwife influencer with 5 million followers. She drinks raw milk, eats farm fresh eggs, and is “perfect at being alive.” But when she wakes up in 1855, the very time period she’s fetishized, she feels afraid – and paranoid that she’s being filmed. In to ...  Show more

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