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Lotos’ 149th Year
India and China and What it Means For All of Us.
It is the essential guide to understanding how India and China are reshaping our world. In February, Norman Poser discussed his new book, The Birth of Modern Theatre: Rivalry, Riots, and Romance in the Age of Garrick, a vivid descrip- tion of eighteenth-century London theatre scene. It was a time when the theatre took on many of the features of our modern stage.
In January, Barbara Taylor Bradford, an inter- national bestselling English author, discussed her new book, Master of His Fate, a stunning new historical saga and her thirty-third novel. This is the rst book in the series entitled The House of Falconer.
In May, Leo J. O’Donovan discussed his book Blessed Are the Refugees that he co-edited with Scott Rose. This moving book highlights the stories of immigrant children who ed Central America, having taken the dangerous trip alone to escape violence and poverty in search not merely of a home but life itself.
Also in May, the Literary and Library Committees co-sponsored a walk through Brooklyn Heights, New York’s rst historic dis- trict, to discuss its evolution from rst New York suburb to quiet and civilized literary haven. Stops included the homes of W.H. Auden, Tom Wolfe and Arthur Miller, the residence where Truman Capote penned Breakfast at Ti any’s and In Cold Blood, and sites associated with Mark
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