Vaclav Havel’s Enduring Legacy

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel led the non-violent Velvet Revolution in 1989.

World Books Review: The Brilliance of Ordinary Lives

Perhaps this latest, and possibly last book, from the amazing Czech writer Joseph Skvorecky will make the Nobel prize committee take notice of an author who proffers the wisdom that comes with living long enough to sort out so many of the mysteries which plague us when we are young.

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