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The 'other Keillor' stirs the pot in latest history books (Crookston Daily Times)

As a historian and an academic - and, yes, Garrison Keillor's brother - it took Steven J. Keillor a while to realize that if he was going to write a book on Minnesota's history, it wouldn't be of much good to most average Minnesotans if they didn't take the time to read it, especially if part of the problem is how long it would take them to read it.

‘He who conquers himself is the greatest of conquerors’ (Sunday Observer)

Through out history human beings have gone on yielding to their worldly passions undergoing immense suffering, not knowing a way out of it. Only a Buddha can explain to the world the truth related to the world phenomenon-the causes for suffering and the way to get out of it.

Upstate NY fort to commemorate anniversary of 1758 battle (AP via Yahoo! News)

Before the Civil War and Antietam, the bloodiest battle fought on American soil was here, on a narrow but strategically vital strip of land between Lake Champlain and Lake George.

The Gift of Rain (Complete Review)

A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.

Review: Four new books on the first world war (Guardian Unlimited)

Despite being nearly a century away, we still see the first world war with the pain and the passion evident in four new books, writes Francis Beckett