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Book excerpt: Up From Slavery

On: February 17, 2019

Last week’s book excerpt recommended a new biography of Winston Churchill, claiming that you need to know Churchill to know Western Civilization. This week we offer an excerpt from Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington, a foundational writer who must be read (but not in isolation) in order to …continue reading

Book excerpt: Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

By: Shelley Henderson

On: February 10, 2019

In: Book, Book Excerpt, History

Here is a new and rollicking good biography of Winston Churchill, one of the most important figures of the Twentieth Century — and of Western Civilization. If you know nothing about Churchill, you have no legs to stand on in criticizing (or praising) Euro-American history and culture. Churchill had already …continue reading