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Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
August 3, 2024Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
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Mystery
Alibi by Joseph Kanon
August 2, 2024Joseph Kanon’s summer potboiler is a weak whodunnit set in the seedy splendor of post-war Venice.
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The New York Times Complete Civil War 1861-1865
March 25, 2024This collection of the Times' news coverage during the war is a must-have for Civil War...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Big Policeman by J. North Conway
March 21, 2024J. North Conway's new account of the law enforcement career of Thomas Byrnes, The Big Policeman,...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Nemesis by Philip Roth
March 11, 2024Weequahic has been particularly hard-hit by the summer’s polio epidemic. Bucky, stuck supervising his school playground’s...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
March 4, 2024Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
February 29, 2024Saramago’s ability to wring delightful dialogue out of his characters will charm just about anybody. The...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – by Christopher de Bellaigue
October 11, 2023Americans would be well advised to learn about Iran’s culture and tragic recent history before our...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means – by William T. Vollmann
October 11, 2023With the exceptions of several of his earlier works, every time I take on a book...
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History
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English
October 7, 2023The genius of the Irish who emigrated to the United States in the 19th and early...
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