Archive - Mr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf

REVIEW: The Real North Korea, by Andrei Lankov

The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia, Andrei Lankov (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Jul 22 •

REVIEW: After 1177 B.C., by Eric H. Cline

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations, Eric H. Cline (Princeton University Press, 2024). Sometime around 1150 BC, the dense network of…

Jul 8 •

June 2024

GUEST REVIEW: Letter to the Soviet Leaders, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Please enjoy another guest review while our baby learns to sleep. This time we present one by “Reginald Saki”, a policy analyst who advises the United…

Jun 24 •

GUEST REVIEW: The Wake, by Paul Kingsnorth

Your regular reviewers are busily tending to the newest Psmithling and will return anon. In the interim, we present a guest review by Thomas Casey. The…

Jun 10 •

May 2024

REVIEW: Einstein's Unification, by Jeroen van Dongen

Einstein’s Unification, Jeroen van Dongen (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

May 27 •

REVIEW: The Spirit of the Mountains, by Emma Bell Miles

The Spirit of the Mountains, Emma Bell Miles (James Pott & Company, 1905).

May 13 •

April 2024

REVIEW: The Powers of the Earth, by Travis J. I. Corcoran

The Powers of the Earth, Travis J. I. Corcoran (self-published, 2017).

Apr 29 •

BRIEFLY NOTED: Mathematical Mayhem

In our end of year post I threatened to write more math reviews, and multiple people in the comments egged me on. So now, with Jane laid up in the final…

Apr 15 •

REVIEW: Mindstorms, by Seymour Papert

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas, Seymour Papert (Basic Books, 1980). I go to some effort to teach my kids math at home, to the point…

Apr 1 •

March 2024

BRIEFLY NOTED: Recommended Reading

We try pretty hard to review good books we think are worth reading. Sometimes we instead review bad books we would not recommend you read, but which we…

Mar 18 •

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GUEST JOINT REVIEW: Very Important People, by Ashley Mears

Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit, Ashley Mears (Princeton University Press, 2021). The following is an email…

Mar 4 •

February 2024

REVIEW: American Nations, by Colin Woodard

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, Colin Woodard (Viking, 2011). We once lived for a few years in…

Feb 19 •

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