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Empire of Illusion
Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle© 2009 Chris Hedges232 pages Do we live in a world where images are more important than reality, where perception has supplanted substance? Chris Hedges thinks so, and in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Chris Hedges, crime, media, sexuality, social criticism, Society and Culture, values
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The Sun’s Heartbeat
The Sun’s Heartbeat: and Other Stories from the Life of the Star that Powers Our Planet2011 pages290 pages Consider the sun. For thousands of generations, it has loomed over our kind, radiating heat and light down from above, illuminating our … Continue reading
This Week at the Library (12 September)
About a week ago, ten inches of rain were dumped on my hometown in 24 hours, leading to widespread flooding. Various services around town were disrupted, meaning the people who — inexplicably — journeyed to the library in the midst … Continue reading
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Tagged America, children's literature, Children-YA, critical history, energy, history, technology, Technology and Society, week in review
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Teaser Tuesday (11 September)
Tuesday’s the time for teasing… A typical Kernaghanism is to compare and contrast the plush living conditions of the dogs on the set of 101 Dalmatians with the shacks in which the Haitian workers live who sewed Disney pajamas decorated … Continue reading
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The Most Glorious Fourth
The Most Glorious Fourth: Vicksburg and Gettysburg, July 4th, 1863© 2002 Duane Schultz447 pages When the American Civil War began in 1861, no one imagined that it would devastate the countryside for four long years. All the attempts to bring … Continue reading
Top Ten Books to Read This Autumn
This week, the Broke and Brookish inquire: what are your reading plans for the fall? At the start of the summer, they posed a similar question, and looking back it seems I read most of the books I’d intended to … Continue reading
Plagues of Night
Star Trek Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night© 2012 David R. George III388 pages The dust had scarcely settled after the last great Borg War when the battered Federation found itself facing yet another threat when numerous hostile species on its borders created … Continue reading
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Tagged David R. George III, Deep Space Nine, DS9 Relaunch, Star Trek, TNG Relaunch, Typhon Pact
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Dialogues and Essays
Seneca: Dialogues and Essays© 2007 Oxford World’s Classics translated by John Davie263 pages Care to read the thoughts of a man chosen to tutor an emperor? Seneca the Younger lived in the opening century of the Roman Empire, and was such … Continue reading
Forgotten History
Star Trek DTI: Forgotten History© 2012 Christopher L. Bennett352 pages In the ranks of the Department of Temporal Investigations, James T. Kirk is a legend — a legendary menace. He just couldn’t seem to stay properly in the 23rd century; … Continue reading
The Wild Life of Our Bodies
The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasides, and Partners that Shape Who We Are Today© 2011 Rob Dunn290 pages You can take the man out of the jungle, but not the jungle out of the man. Such is the … Continue reading
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