Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer, by James L. Swanson
This is an altogether excellent book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent 12-day manhunt for John Wilkes
Read MoreThe books of Jonathan Moeller
This is an altogether excellent book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent 12-day manhunt for John Wilkes
Read MoreA rather interesting essay about Robert E. Howard’s interest in swords, and a technical discussion of the blades that turned
Read MoreA major romance publisher announced that it is going eBook only, which prompted the usual range of reactions from “traditional
Read MoreI did get to see some of the Dead Sea scrolls last weekend, in the Minnesota Science Museum. If you
Read MoreFor anyone who doubted my argument about the potential obsolescence of the novel as a storytelling medium, here’s an interesting
Read More“Lost to the West”, by Lars Brownsworth, is a short (about 300 pages) popular history of the Eastern Roman Empire,
Read MoreAn interesting Black Gate post about storytelling in games. And a related post about the “Death Spiral” (possibly alleged, possibly
Read MoreJohn C. Wright has an interesting post about how to properly criticize a book in its context. The worst thing
Read MoreIn my wanderings, I recently went to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, and picked up a few books on
Read MoreJohn C. Wright has an interesting dialogue with a reader about the Christian origins of empirical science. To wit, medieval
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