‘Bronshtein in the Bronx’ Review: A Tall Trotsky Tale
The spy novelist Robert Littell spins a yarn based on socialist revolutionary Leon Trotsky’s brief 1917 sojourn in New York City.
UK's Royal Society of Literature confronts controversy and leadership shake-up
The UK's Royal Society of Literature is trying to turn over a controversial in its history following departures and disputes ...
Controversy at the UK's Royal Society of Literature – Is this a turning point for the institution?
Following departures amid rows over free speech, leadership changes and the results of a significant governance review set ...
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
Even when the bogus papers are spotted – usually by amateur sleuths on their own time – academic journals are often slow to retract the papers, allowing the articles to taint what many consider ...
Does the ‘madman theory’ of leadership actually work?
US President Donald Trump is not the first world leader to believe that irrational behaviour in foreign affairs negotiations ...
In ‘Memorial Days,’ Geraldine Brooks writes of grief, widowhood, and enduring love
The author's account of her husband's sudden death (and what comes after) is a new classic in the literature of widowhood.
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Systematic Literature Review on Wearable Digital Forensics: Acquisition Methods, Analysis Techniques, Tools, and Future Directions
Further, there has been no systematic review of data extraction and analysis techniques for wearables. This systematic literature review (SLR) addresses these gaps by: 1) exploring methods used by ...
'The First State of Being' and 'Chooch Helped' win top children's book awards
This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.
‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Benedict Cumberbatch Unravels in a Movie Stuck Awkwardly Between Horror and Psychodrama
Dylan Southern adapts the Max Porter novella, ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,’ about a widowed father and the menacing ...
Spin Control: If America is in a golden age, when will we know?
President Donald Trump predicted a new golden age of America in his inaugural address. Past golden ages haven't been golden ...
Book Review | Dharmanomics: Treasure trove of economic wisdom
Sriram Balasubramanian, a renowned economist who has worked at the IMF in the past, has penned a comprehensive food for ...
‘The Things You Kill’ Review: Family Secrets Cause a Man to Unravel in a Psychologically Intricate Homecoming Drama
In 'The Things You Kill,' premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Iranian writer-director Alireza Khatami unravels a man ...