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history: The World in Time: Constitutional Confusion Author Ray Raphael talks to Lewis Lapham about his book, Constitutional Myths: What We Get Wrong and How to Get It Right.; The World in Time: Sin City Author Jerry White talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, A Great and Monstrous Thing: London in the Eighteenth Century.; The World in Time: No Man is an Island Author J. Edward Chamberlin talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, Island: How Islands Transform the World.; Last Testaments by Francine Prose; Lewis Lapham at 192 Books May 3, 2012; The World in Time: Border Skirmish The war of 1812 didn’t take place entirely on the streets of Washington, it also was fought along the Canadian border, where former loyalists and revolutionaries vied to bring the region into the union. Alan Taylor discusses his new book The Civil War of 1812.