The Dust Of EmpireWhen Charles de Gaulle learned that France's former colonies in Africa had chosen independence the great general shrugged dismissively "They are the dust of empire." But as Americans have learned particles of dust from remote and seemingly medieval countries can at great human and material cost jam the gears of a superpower. In The Dust of Empire Karl E. Meyer examines the present and past of the Asian heartland in a book that blends scholarship with

Farewell To Arms

gamblers and profligates

Justice will at last be served

On January 19

Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny

like making mini–spider clones

Hurd concentrates on personalities and circumstances

he was the founding CEO of Groupon India

Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy but they are poor and Black and for those handling their welfare benefits that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control

they're forced to 'bond' during off-season cross-training

and set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys

and their lives separated