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The Key to the Case
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Walking It Off – by Doug Peacock
May 22, 2026Doug Peacock’s reputation frequently precedes him as does that of his late, larger-than-life friend and father...
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Grand Theft by Timothy Watts
May 22, 2026Teddy Clyde has got it all together. The dude’s got a brokerage business out on City...
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
May 21, 2026The title of Fisk’s new work is a mocking one, taken from a campaign medal his...
Vietnam
The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
May 21, 2026In Lieutenant Morris’ words, “We moved into the woods and within minutes all hell broke loose.”...
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson
May 21, 2026Niall Ferguson is hot—about as hot as a historian can get.
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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
May 21, 2026Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
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The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide by Susan Nathan
May 21, 2026My worry was that this might be another leftist book that glibly made analogies between Israel...
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I, Wabenzi: A Souvenir – by Rafi Zabor
May 20, 2026Although this is a sly, sidelong-glance kind of book that repeatedly takes you to a different...
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The Union: England, Scotland And the Treaty of 1707 – by Michael Fry
May 20, 2026The story of modern Britain – at least one of the stories – begins some three...
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The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It – by Marcia Angell
May 20, 2026When AstraZeneca was on the verge of losing its patent to manufacture exclusively the $6 billion...
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The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
May 20, 2026Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
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The True Account: A Novel of the Lewis and Clark and Kinneson Expeditions by Howard Frank Mosher
May 20, 2026Enter Howard Frank Mosher and his delightfully picaresque novel THE TRUE ACCOUNT – A Novel of...
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The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story – by David Treuer
May 19, 2026The novel’s postmodernism is not its strongest or even its most salient feature; and comparing the...
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The Trade – By Shirley Palmer
May 19, 2026Matt Lowell is a character straight out of central casting for the Lifetime Network. He’s a...
Politics
The Conservative Bookshelf by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
May 19, 2026There is a small cadre of American writers whose gifts and talents are so significant that...
Fiction Reviews
The Taking – by Dean Koontz
May 19, 2026Dean Koontz has always been a master of plot, dialogue, and description. His talents are such...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Stories From the Haunted South – by Alan Brown
May 19, 2026An old Cornish prayer that has become part of the American lexicon goes, “From goulies and...
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Stewball – by Peter Bowen
May 18, 2026I’ll begin by saying that I enjoyed immensely the first seven or eight novels in Peter...
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September Swoon: Richie Allen, the ’64 Phillies, and Racial Integration by William C. Kashatus
May 18, 2026For Philadelphians over a certain age, the year 1964 evokes bitter memories of a Phillies team...
Crime Fiction
No Man’s Dog: A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery – by Jon A. Jackson
May 15, 2026In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...
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The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)
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