Book Reviews

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The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

Peter Gleick. PublicAffairs, 2023. 356 pages. $30.00.

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Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

Hal Brands and Michael Beckley. W. W. Norton, 2022. 304 pages. $30.00.

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The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

Nicholas Dames. Princeton University Press, 2023. 370 pages. $35.00.

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The Mamluk Sultanate:  A History

Carl F. Petry. Cambridge University Press, 2022. 358 pages. $29.99 (paperback).

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Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish

Francesca Peacock. Pegasus, 2023. 383 pages. $29.95.

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Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

Pekka Hämäläinen. W. W. Norton, 2022. 592 pages. $40.00.

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The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature

Ludovic Slimak. Pegasus Books, 2024. 193 pages. $29.95.

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Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson

Suzaan Boettger. University of Minnesota Press. 2023. 415 pages. $34.95. 

From Scarsdale: A Childhood

Dan O’Brien. Dalkey Archive Press, 2023. 216 pages. $16.95.

Matisse: The Only Blue

Matisse: The Only Blue

Laura Marello. Guernica World Editions, 2022. 136 Pages. $17.95.

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Getting to Good Friday:  Literature and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland

Marilynn Richtarik. Oxford University Press, 2023. $40.00.

The Archivists

The Archivists: Stories

Daphne Kalotay. Northwestern University Press, 2023. 221 pages. $20.00.