More Noted Things

Patricia Cohen reviews Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People for the NYT, 23 November.

Daniel Vitkus,"Celebrating English Proto-Imperialism," Common-place, November, reviews Alison Games's The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660.

Jeffrey Herf,"Hate Radio," CHE, 22 November, is an essay based on Herf's research for Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World, which is published this month by Yale University Press.

Michael Dirda,"Vladimir Nabokov, reduced to notes," Washington Post, 19 November, reviews Vladimir Nabokov's The Original of Laura, edited by Dmitri Nabokov.

Michiko Kakutani,"The Voice That Helped Remake Culture," NYT, 23 November, reviews Terry Teachout's POPS: A Life of Louis Armstrong.