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REVIEW: The Man Who Rode the Thunder, by William H. Rankin
The Man Who Rode the Thunder, William H. Rankin (Prentice-Hall, 1960). Like many little boys, I loved learning lists of things. One day it was clouds…
Nov 27
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REVIEW: The Verge, by Patrick Wyman
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World, Patrick Wyman (Twelve, 2021). One of the many interests of this Substack is…
Nov 20
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REVIEW: The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire, by Edward Luttwak
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century CE to the Third, Edward N. Luttwak (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976). In one of the…
Nov 13
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BRIEFLY NOTED: Alternate History
As I’ve written before, I am an absolute sucker for alternate history. Most of it, unfortunately, is not very good, even by the standards of genre…
Nov 6
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October 2023
REVIEW: The Variational Principles of Mechanics, by Cornelius Lanczos
The Variational Principles of Mechanics, Cornelius Lanczos (University of Toronto Press, 1949). While sailing a little boat the other day, I thought of…
Oct 30
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REVIEW: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, by John McWhorter
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English, John McWhorter (Avery, 2009). Knew you that John McWhorter has a day job? When he writes…
Oct 23
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REVIEW: Central Banking 101, by Joseph Wang
Central Banking 101, Joseph Wang (Self-Published, 2021) The greatest gift bestowed by admittance to elite institutions is that you stop being overawed…
Oct 16
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GUEST JOINT REVIEW: Homicide, by David Simon
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, David Simon (1991; Picador, 2006). The following is an email exchange between Jane Psmith and Charles Lehman of…
Oct 9
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REVIEW: The Cruise of the Nona, by Hilaire Belloc
Late in the May of 1925, around midnight, Hilaire Belloc climbed into a tiny boat and put out to sea so that he would have some time to think. The sea…
Oct 2
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September 2023
REVIEW: How to Read a Tree, by Tristan Gooley
How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves, Tristan Gooley (The Experiment, 2023). Okay, I admit it: I read this book because I wanted…
Sep 25
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JOINT REVIEW: Origen's Revenge, by Brian Patrick Mitchell
Origen’s Revenge: The Greek and Hebrew Roots of Christian Thinking on Male and Female, Brian Patrick Mitchell (Pickwick, 2021). The following is an…
Sep 18
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REVIEW: When We Cease to Understand the World, by Benjamín Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut (New York Review of Books, 2021). Have you ever sat and stared at the sea? If you’ve been near…
Sep 11
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