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W. G. Sebald completed this extraordinary, important and controversial book before his untimely death in December 2001. It is a harrowing study of the devastati
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During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians
On the Natural History of Destruction
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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books
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Examines the many reasons and motivations for the destruction of books throughout history, citing specific acts from the smashing of ancient Sumerian tablets to
Natural Experiments of History
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Authors: Jared Diamond
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Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the sci