A Guide To The Good Life:
Letting Go of the Past…and the Present
Some advice on how to live the “good life”.
After Khomeini:
President Ahmadinejad’s Hardliner Populism and Nuclear Policy
An excerpt from After Khomeini.
From Los Alamos to Oslo (Via Reykjavik):
A Vision Beyond Nuclearism
Nigel Young explains why this Nobel Peace Prize marks a major turning point in peace studies and nuclear disarmament.
Place of the Year Contest Winners Announced!
“Place of the Year” contest winners announced! See what cool prizes they won.
Eastern and Western Approaches
to the Treatment of Cholera
An excerpt from Cholera: The Biography
The Killer Trail: The Voulet-Chanoine Mission
An excerpt from The Killer Trail by Bertrand Taithe.
Hysteria: A Circus
An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.
Three South African Exports: Place of the Year 2009
Jake Kraft looks at one of South Africa’s biggest exports: its people.
A Toast to South African Wine:
Place of The Year 2009
Nothing says classy like incredible acumen in wine industry knowledge. Read about one of the world’s top ten wine producers here.
The Blue Dress
Place of the Year 2009
15 years ago Albie Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela to South Africa’s first Constitutional Court. Here he talks about one of the most important buildings in the post-apartheid era and the artwork that makes its visitors pause.
The Future is Another Country:
Place of the Year 2009
Author Peter McDonald was the first to investigate the newly opened archives of South Africa’s apartheid censorship bureaucracy in 1999. He was astounded at what he found…
Calling Out All Former Carmen Sandiego Gumshoes!
Place of the Year 2009
Take the “Place of the Year” challenge and win books! Loot, warrant, crook.
On the Playing Fields of Politics:
Place of the Year 2009
On September 22, 1981 Iris Berger joined Pete Seger and 1,000 other demonstrators to protest one of the most politically loaded events in athletic history. Here Berger looks at the influence of sports on the progression of a shared South African national identity.
The Bittersweet Beauty of South Africa:
Place of the Year 2009
Rathbone writes, “I had fallen in love with a tart, a very pretty tart, but a tart with stony heart.” Read why South Africa has been his “Place of the Year” for quite some time.
South Africa: Place Of The Year 2009
Oxford announces its annual “Place of the Year”!
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20th Anniversary
An excerpt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.