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Queen’s Shadow
Star Wars: Queen’s Shadow © 2019 E.K. Johnson 400 pages “I suppose we can’t just burn down the whole Senate and start over again with a system that makes sense?” Dormé asked. “I’m fairly certain that would be treason,” Padmé … Continue reading
How To Be Your Own Bodyguard
How To Be Your Own Bodyguard: Self defense for men and women from a lifetime of protecting clients in hostile environment © 2011 Nick Hughes 326 pages What can you do to protect yourself in the event of a natural … Continue reading
Reading about an ever-changing world
I don’t know if anyone else has an active interest in foreign policy or geopolitics, but it’s the bulk of my political reading, and I’m constantly on the hunt for interesting new takes. Bold items in the list below are … Continue reading
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Code Girls
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Codebreakers of World War 2 © 2017 Liza Mundy 640 pages At the outset of World War 2, the United States’ military intelligence apparatus, much like its military, was minimal. Following … Continue reading
Ten Treklit Favorites
Today’s a TT freebie, so I’m doing… Star Trek novels! I’ve been inspired by the world of Star Trek since I was a kid, both for the sci-fi appeal and its promise of a better world. The novels and their … Continue reading
More short rounds: hackers and silly vicars
Needing a quick break from all the classics, I read The Hacker Crackdown, a bit of cybersecurity history. Sterling first delivers the background of the telecommunications system in the United States, specifically the expansive growth of AT&T and its recent … Continue reading
Perspective from Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
I recently finished Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a slim little volume introducing readers to relativity (special and general), quantum mechanics, particle physics, heat, time, and our place in the universe. As it’s less than a hundred pages I don’t … Continue reading
Short rounds: Star Trek and Musketeers
It’s been open season on the classics this month: not only did I finish up June ( and take care of July, but I’ve recently advanced into August’s reading, defeating The Three Musketeers, and am about to mount an attack … Continue reading
Tranquility Base here….the Eagle has landed.
Prometheus, they say, brought God’s fire down to man And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it, since our history began Now we’re going back to heaven, just to look Him in the eye There’s a thunder across the … Continue reading
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Catch-22
Catch-22 © 1961 Joseph Heller 453 pages “That crazy bastard might be the only sane one left on this base!” Captain John Yossarian, said C.B., is convinced that everyone is out to kill him. The Germans certainly are, at least … Continue reading
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