Ignore the Robin-Leach-like subtitle this is not an ogling survey of mega-moneyed celebrities Robert Frank writes a weekly column and daily blog called The Wealth Report for The Wall Street Journal and he offers us an informative guided tour around an astonishing American landscape Most of its i

Professor Akbar Ahmed a genial Pakistani scholar trained in Britain and now established at Washingtons American University as holder of the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies took a study trip with three undergraduates through much of the Muslim world in the spring semester of 2006 Journey Into

For the reader whose misfortune it is not to have yet discovered Kelly Cherry's poems , this is your lucky day. Cherry's new book offers a generous sampling of the poet's work, culled from six previous volumes.

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A review of Raymond A. Schroth's "The American Jesuits"

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