Perhaps what is most fascinating about the strange episode of human history under which the communist oppression of Eastern Europe falls is that it has gone so long without a comprehensive history of how it occurred. Anne Applebaum‘s Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 appears to step into that gap, providing in-depth research and a […]
Archives for December 2013
Book Review | Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum
2013-12-28 · by ·
Book Review | Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation by Deborah Davis [Contributor]
2013-12-24 · by ·
Some happenings are simultaneously obscure, interesting, and pregnant with historical import. When all of these elements come together, an exploration of the happening and how it shaped subsequent history cannot be anything but a great read. Such is the premise of Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That […]
Author Guest Post | Andy Remic on his inspiration for The Iron Wolves
2013-12-18 · by ·
Author Andy Remic’s The Iron Wolves is the latest to hit my Currently Reading list and is the author of Kell’s Legend trilogy, Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers and Vampire Warlords (and that’s just for Angry Robot books). Out at the end of this month, The Iron Wolves is an exciting sounding novel that I can’t wait to dig […]
Book Review | The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley [Contributor]
2013-12-17 · by ·
The Beautiful Tree is a book about what’s right with the world. Amazingly, what is right with the world is found in the slums of Nigeria, India, Kenya, China, and Zimbabwe. The poor educating themselves without government assistance is the name of the game. In the early 2000s author of The Beautiful Tree, James Tooley (a British […]
Review | Feeding the Doves: 31 Short and Very Short Stories, and Haibun by Stella Pierides
2013-12-16 · by ·
Every once in a while, I get a book in the mail that is unique from anything else I’ve ever read. As a collection of short stories, Stella Pierides’ Feeding the Doves: 31 Short and Very Short Stories, and Haibun has given me a new definition of what short means, not to mention how quickly a story can […]
Review | Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman
2013-12-01 · by ·
I’ll admit it: I picked up Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman from the bookstore shelf because it carried Neil Gaiman‘s name on the front. A collection of short stories focused on fantastical creatures “that exist only in our minds,” each is a golden nugget by writers both classic and new, every one an […]
