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Category Archives: Reviews
The American Nazi
How does a man who fought Hitler come to deify him? George Lincoln Rockwell began life as the child of a popular entertainer, and by adulthood was well-poised for a successful life. He’d gone to a good university, though his … Continue reading
Posted in General, history, Reviews
Tagged 1960s, cults and conspiracies, gangs tribes and parties, George Lincoln Rockwell, history, MLK, race
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Short rounds: Fawlty Towers, Samuel Adams, and John Dickinson
I’m not sure that posting something about this here is altogether appropriate given that it’s not an audiobook, despite being listed on Audible. This is the audio recordings of Fawlty Towers, the award-winning British comedy from the 1970s, made available … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged American Revolution, Fawlty Towers, history, memoir, Philadelphia
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Crunchy Cons: The Reread
Eleven years ago I stumbled onto a book called Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher. I’d begun moving towards ‘localism’ in my later progressive period (circa 2009 – 2011), and had found unexpected insight in online magazines with some localist-oriented writing … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged Christianity, education, environmentalism, food, Judaism, marriage and family, Orthodoxy, religion, ReRead, Rod Dreher, sacramental living
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Reckoning with the Public Library
Recently an article at The Free Press which attributed the decline of the public library to the fact that they’ve become homeless shelters has been causing some chatter in some online librarian communities. While looking into it, this book was … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged bookshops and libraries, crime, memoir, mental health-illness
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Kenneth Branagh and the Magician’s Nephew
Ohh, dear reader, this is Kenneth Branagh as you’ve never experienced him. When I saw a seven-volume set of The Chronicles of Narnia on goodreads available for a single credit, with each book narrated by talents like Branagh and Patrick … Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
“From the halls of MONteZUUUUUUMA, to the shores of Tripoli” — ever wonder where that Tripoli business comes from? While I’d sometimes encountered references to the early United States having issues with pirates in the Med in its early history, … Continue reading
Friends Divided
When I first read Gordon S. Wood, his Revolutionary Characters annoyed me in its short shrift given John Adams. Adams was one of the earliest voices inveighing against Parliament’s abuses of the American colonies, and I was flabbergasted that he … Continue reading
Sean Bean, King Arthur, and Twelve Other Angry Men
Over the weekend I listened to two audiobooks: Sean Bean reading King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, an edition collected by Benedict Flynn; and an ensemble cast performing the original teleplay of Twelve Angry Men, the classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur, audiobook, law, Los Angeles Theater Works, mythology, the play is the thing
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Stephen Fry Reads Harry Potter
One of my favorite audiobook narrators is Stephen Fry, whose version of the Harry Potter series is one I’ve heard about from the very first time I tried a Harry Potter novel back in August 2007. (Interestingly, Jim Dale’s Harry … Continue reading
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