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  • Chasing the Sun - German April 26, 2012

    My book Chasing the Sun has just come out in Germany, and my publishers there, Atrium, have sent me the first batch of reviews. I have no idea whether they are good or bad, although the people at Atrium seem pleased enough. I have never had a word as l...

  • The Titanic and The Sun April 20, 2012

    Interesting article this week on The New York Times about the sinking of the Titanic. New research suggests that a series of celestial and atmospheric events may have caused the disaster. Three months before the great liner set out, a rare configuratio...

  • Kathy's Birthday April 17, 2012

    My main birthday present for Kathy this 16 April was dinner and tickets to see Philip Seymour Hoffman in Death of a Salesman, directed by Mike Nichols. I've seen several Willy Lomans, from the English actor Warren Mitchell through Dustin Hoffman (film ...

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About “Chasing the Sun”

In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Whether floating in a skiff on the Ganges as the Sun descends behind the funeral pyres of Varanasi, interviewing psychologists in the Norwegian Arctic about the effects of darkness, or watching tomato seedlings in southern Spain being hair-brushed (the better to catch the Sun’s rays), Cohen tirelessly pursues his quarry.
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About “By the sword”

By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting—a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since. With wit and insight, Richard Cohen gives us an engrossing history of the world via the sword.

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