Command by Lawrence Freedman review – inside the war room

From Korea to Ukraine, a brilliant study of the politics and personalities that drive modern conflicts (from ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/17/command-by-lawrence-freedman-review-inside-the-war-room?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

If a book is banned, then read it. A new idea is a terrible thing to waste (from the ‘Miami Herald’):

https://apple.news/AVtE1bwMfT5iwRRzk3K0fww

Why a New Brooklyn Bookstore Is Cause for Celebration

It may be premature to herald a true renaissance of the printed page, but it does seem anecdotally like more and more people are getting interested in books again. 

https://apple.news/AX985XQeCSqGylPCNivu9CA

 

Margaret Atwood Doesn't Think We're Doomed (a video)

'Doomerism is not helpful'

https://apple.news/A_XJnq35ZSUe_7RLzu2wLSA

 

I WALKED over to West 10th to Three Lives bookstore an hour ago and got these. There were many others worth getting. Three Lives is one of those stores. They know how to stock windows and shelves and countertops and tabletops. Everywhere you turn.

 

I recurrently say to myself that I’ll stop getting the ‘New York Times’ delivered to me. Hardly anyone else in my Manhattan apartment building gets it. A dozen maybe get it out of 250 apartments. They probably read it online. I do too. But I’m in the morning habit of getting a paper. And sometimes like this morning’s photo of ‘Rolling Stone’ founder Jann Wenner the graphics are so large and strong that I’m glad it gets dropped outside my door. I can hear it land. 

 

Public Libraries Face Threats to Funding and Collections as Book Bans Surge

"We haven’t seen this volume of censorship efforts in 30 or more years.”

https://apple.news/ALAP1sSKrQS-ZsxzsOXVC9Q