Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Drone

Posted on February 19, 2017 by smellincoffee

Drone©  2013432 pages In El Paso, Texas, the raging narco-wars between drug trafficking gangs in Mexico has bled over into American streets — claiming the life of the American president’s son.  Having run on a platform of balancing the budget … Continue reading →

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The Gargoyle Code

Posted on February 19, 2017 by smellincoffee

The Gargoyle Code: Lenten Dispatches Between a Master Dementor and his Diabolical Trainee © 2009 Dwight Longenecker 103  pages The Gargoyle Code is a modern sequel-in-spirit  of C.S. Lewis’ much-lauded classic, The Screwtape Letters, in which a senior demon mentors … Continue reading →

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Two voices, two centuries, one timeless truth

Posted on February 19, 2017 by smellincoffee

At once time Mr. Douglass was travelling in the state of Pennsylvania, and was forced, on account of his colour, to ride in the baggage-car, in spite of the fact that he had paid the same price for his passage … Continue reading →

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Fear No Evil

Posted on February 18, 2017 by smellincoffee

Fear No Evil: © 1988 Natan Sharansky437  pages Fear No Evil chronicles one man’s psychological war against the KGB and the entire Gulag system. Born a Jewish subject of the Soviet Union, Natan Sharansky wanted nothing more than to emigrate peacefully … Continue reading →

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Podcast of the Week: Conflicting Visions

Posted on February 15, 2017 by smellincoffee

On Monday, historian and author Tom Woods discussed the premise of Thomas Sowell’s book A Conflict of Visions.    According to their discussion, Sowell maintains that there are two main political convicions: an unrestrained vision of man and a restrained … Continue reading →

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Week of Enchantment Video

Posted on February 15, 2017 by smellincoffee

Interested in seeing how Windows Movie Maker and Youtube worked, I “made” a video with 100 of my Week of Enchantment photos, set to music. Enjoy!

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Garbology

Posted on February 15, 2017 by smellincoffee

Garbology :Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash© 2012 Edward Humes288 pages Readers who are passionate about garbage — a description which includes sanitation workers, victims of SimCity, and ecologists, I assume — will find no shortage of books on the … Continue reading →

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Affluenza

Posted on February 13, 2017 by smellincoffee

Affluenza: the All-Consuming Epidemic© 2001, 2004, 2014  John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas Naylor288 pages In getting and spending, we lay waste to all our powers — so sayeth the poet. Originally published in 2001, Affluenza is a critique of consumerism, … Continue reading →

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Posted on February 11, 2017 by smellincoffee

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World© 2005 Jack Weatherford325 pages For all the differences and tensions between the West, Iran, and China, all can agree on one thing: the Mongols were mean. Genghis Khan roared out of … Continue reading →

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Out of the Ashes

Posted on February 9, 2017 by smellincoffee

Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture © 2017 Anthony Esolen 256 pages Some things, like a Roman bridge, can last for millennia through the virtue of their design, the simplicity of their use, and the inherent strength of their … Continue reading →

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