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Journeys

Into Africa

By Howard W. French, from China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, published this month by Knopf. French is a former New York…

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Razing Arizona

Will drought destroy the Southwest?

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Portrait of a Township

Former militants take on the post-apartheid struggle

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Nuclear Meltdown

From a report by the inspector general of the Air Force concerning allegations against Major General Michael J. Carey of professional misconduct during a trip to Russia last July. In…

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The Pious Spy

A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection

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The Rat’s Guide

By Amitava Kumar, from A Matter of Rats, a “short biography” of his hometown of Patna, India, to be published by Duke University Press in April. Patna is the capital…

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In Gabrovo

By Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), from The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos, to be published in March by New York Review Books. Edited by Colin Thubron…

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Loving Las Vegas

What the prudes get wrong about Sin City

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Showing a Little Leg

A pilgrimage to Ellen Altfest’s body paintings

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