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Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means – by William T. Vollmann
May 24, 2022With the exceptions of several of his earlier works, every time I take on a book...
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Recovering the Past: A Historian’s Memoir by Forrest McDonald
May 23, 2022McDonald’s memoir is very good because Professor McDonald writes for those of us who delight in...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History – by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., PhD.
May 22, 2022The good news is that the assault on fortress academe has had initial success; the walls...
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The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
May 21, 2022Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English
May 21, 2022The genius of the Irish who emigrated to the United States in the 19th and early...
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Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
May 20, 2022Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.
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My Father Il Duce: A Memoir by Mussolini’s Son – by Romano Mussolini
May 20, 2022Benito Mussolini had more than one mistress but only one wife, whom he legally married five...
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Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War – by Rodric Braithwaite
May 19, 2022The 19th century Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev wrote mystically that “Russia is not to be understood...
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Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
May 19, 2022Since our society began its retreat into Social Darwinism tricked out in the guise of laissez-faire...
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James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler
May 17, 2022Author John Seigenthaler has written an interesting and informative biography of the eleventh president of the...