Reviews 2025
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Bernstein, Jane A.
Printing Music
in Renaissance Rome.
Reviewed by Hannah Park
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Blackhawk, Ned.
The Rediscovery of America:
Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.
Reviewed by Erick Ortega
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English, Camper.
Doctors and Distillers:
The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails.
Reviewed by Ember Patterson
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Grande, Lance.
The Evolution of Religions:
A History of Related Traditions.
Reviewed by Isabella Praslin
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Grann, David.
The Wager:
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder.
Reviewed by Rielly K. Orrell
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Gruner, Wolf.
Resisters:
How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany.
Reviewed by Aaron K. Brown
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Hild, Elaine S.
Music in Medieval Rituals
for the End of Life.
Reviewed by Jeremy Peña-Barrios
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Jonas, Raymond.
Habsburgs on the Rio Grande:
The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire.
Reviewed by Juan Santiago
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Molina, Natalia.
A Place at the Nayarit:
How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.
Reviewed by Marbella Valeriano Garcia
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Morton, Nicholas.
The Mongol Storm:
Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East.
Reviewed by Vicente Ramos
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Nooe, F. Evan.
Aggression and Sufferings:
Settler Violence, Native Resistance, and the Coalescence of the Old South.
Reviewed by Julie Romero
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Reid, Stuart A.
The Lumumba Plot:
The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.
Reviewed by Ethan Madla
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Robinson, Marc Arsell.
Washington State Rising:
Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest.
Reviewed by Sebastian Hoang
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Stewart, Whitney Nell.
This Is Our Home:
Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations.
Reviewed by Diego Garcia-Salas
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Sullivan, Karen.
Eleanor of Aquitaine, as It Was Said:
Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen.
Reviewed by Melissa Fite Kuld
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Veen, Peter van der, and Marjolein van der Veen.
The Linguist’s Family: Toraja in the Dutch East Indies,
Prisoners of Wartime Japan, and the Republic of Indonesia.
Reviewed by Cassandra Corbett
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Arden: Helena Modjeska Historic House and Gardens.
Silverado, CA.
Reviewed by Marbella Valeriano Garcia
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Best in Low: Lowrider Icons of the Street and Show.
Los Angeles, CA.
Reviewed by Gregorio Ivan Urueta
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Mission San Juan Capistrano.
San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Reviewed by Joseph Canchola
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USS North Carolina (BB-55).
Wilmington, NC.
Reviewed by Samuel Timothy Tankersley
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Alexander: The Making of a God. Season 1 [TV series/docudrama].
Directed by Hugh Ballantyne, Stuart Elliott, and Mike Slee.
Reviewed by Erick Ortega
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Discovery: Expedition Unknown. Season 13 [reality TV show].
Hosted by Josh Gates.
Reviewed by Samuel Timothy Tankersley
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Fall of Civilizations [podcast].
Hosted by Paul M. M. Cooper.
Reviewed by Aaron K. Brown
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Ferrari [film].
Directed by Michael Mann.
Reviewed by Gregorio Ivan Urueta
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Firebrand [film].
Directed by Karim Aïnouz.
Reviewed by Rielly K. Orrell
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High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.
Seasons 1 and 2 [TV documentary].
Directed by Roger Ross Williams, Erik Parker, et al.
Reviewed by Diego Garcia-Salas
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Napoleon [film].
Directed by Ridley Scott.
Reviewed by Sebastian Hoang
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Vinland Saga: Season 2 [TV series].
Directed by Shūhei Yabuta.
Reviewed by Matthew Nguyen
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Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War [TV series/docudrama].
Directed by Patrick Reams.
Reviewed by Vicente Ramos
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You’re Dead to Me [podcast].
Hosted by Greg Jenner. 2019 to present.
Reviewed by Melissa Fite Kuld
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The Zone of Interest [film].
Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
Reviewed by Chance James Sanford
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The Great War: Western Front [real-time strategy video game].
Developer: Petroglyph Games.
Reviewed by Chance James Sanford
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Manor Lords [medieval city-builder and real-time tactics video game].
Developer: Slavic Magic.
Reviewed by Julie Romero
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A Plague Tale: Requiem [action-adventure-puzzle-shooter video game].
Developer: Asobo Studio.
Reviewed by Eduardo Ramirez
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Rise of the Rōnin [action-role playing game].
Developer: Koei Tecmo.
Reviewed by Jack Brown