For a guy who literally looks like the Dos Equis man, Mark Kurlansky has managed to find some of the least interesting subject matter I could imagine and turn them into full histories. Whether it’s salt (this one), cod (1988), oysters (2005), or the Basques (1991)…well, okay. A history of the Basques sounds like it has […]
Archives for November 2015
Book Review | Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century by Alistair Horne
2015-11-22 · by ·
Fascinating and with the touch of a master storyteller’s hand, if there’s one history I will recommend this Christmas season, it will be Alistair Horne’s Hubris: the Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century. Interesting and accessible, Horne’s approach is a narrative that doesn’t merely tell a story, but also examines hubris in the tides […]
Room: The Ultimate Survival Story
2015-11-17 · by ·
How does a woman explain to her child that there is an entire world outside his door, one which he may never see? This powerful concept is the premise behind 2015’s Room, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue. One of the most popular festival picks of the year, praise […]
