The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson
August 12, 2026In some respects, the Thirty Years War resembles the Great War of 1914-1918. Political friction in...
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
August 11, 2026James Bradley doesn't like Theodore Roosevelt. Let's get that clear from the get-go. Nor does he...
The Great Dinosaur Discoveries by Darren Naish
August 10, 2026Naish states that “most dinosaur books look at current views on dinosaurs and briefly recap the...
Churchill by Paul Johnson
August 10, 2026And Johnson reminds us of the memorable words he spoke after France capitulated: “Let us therefore...
Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs by Jeni Stepanek
August 8, 2026He explains it in his journals as “Whatever it is that a person needs or wants,...
My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran by Haleh Esfandiari
August 7, 2026Her jail term of one hundred and five days was the culmination of an eight-month ordeal....
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey
August 6, 2026The 19th century science known as phrenology — which posited that the human skull conforms to...
In My Father’s Shadow by Chris Welles Feder
August 5, 2026Orson had become so famous for his villainous role as Harry Lime in The Third Man...
Empire of Liberty A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
August 5, 2026The “Era of Good Feeling” that followed 1815, however, was of short duration. The issue of...
The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
August 4, 2026The unit of measure is a “Darwin,” so named by famed geneticist J. B. S. Haldane....
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