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Tag Archives: week in review
This week at the library: war, commerce, and cities
Last week was taken up with Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity and The Yellowhamer War: Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. Considering that my leisure reading was Fire on the Waters, a naval novel set amid the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged cities, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, week in review
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This week at the library: the South and the search for meaning
Dear readers: Spring is finally here, and with it, April. As is my custom, I’ll be doing a special set of readings relating to English history or culture as we near St. George’s Day on the 26th. While nothing is finalized, … Continue reading
This week at the library: astronauts, cities, and very serious business
Dear readers: On last Sunday I raided my university library and got lost on a hike (sometimes the fork less traveled by takes you to an 18-hole golf course where you wander lost for hours until emerging in a subdivision), … Continue reading
This week at the library: Chimpanzees, El Niño, and simple living
This week at the library I’ve been working through a lull, having finished my last Stack o’ Books and having not yet gotten another one. My plans to fetch said stack were modified after I did a twelve-mile hike through … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Brian Fagan, climate change, Frans de Waal, history, primates, science, week in review
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This week at the library: Punic war on the high seas, elephants,
Those intrigued by The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion may be interested in today’s episode of EconTalk, featuring an interview with the author on the book. The host referred to it as the most extraordinary … Continue reading
This week at the library: The Great War, politics, sex, and elephants
Dear readers: Hours ago I returned from my monthly visit to my alma mater’s library, where I found a host of interesting books. Although I’ve have plenty enough on my plate already, being knee-deep into The First World War by John … Continue reading
This week: Nature Wants to Kill You with Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and Harry Turtledove
Craving manly tales of outdoor adventure, I checked out a handful of short-story collections by Ernest Hemingway and Jack London. I started with the titular story of Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilamanjaro, having seen the movie earlier in the week. and … Continue reading
This week at the library: NaNoWriMo! Victorians, Napoleon, and a cantankerous Thoreau
Yaay. Is it weird that I was more excited to hit 45,000 words than to actually ‘win’ NaNoWriMo? I suppose that’s because when I hit 45,000, it was the evening I added a few days’ work from different files into … Continue reading
This week the library: NaNoWriMo, Sharpe, and histories
We’re in the last week of National Novel Writing Month, and I can cheerfully report that I am not woefully behind, having faithfully plugged away almost every night. If I can make up for a couple of missed days, I should … Continue reading
This week at the library: Jack London, the e-lectric telegraph, and the consequences of sex
Today I made my monthly trip to my university library, where under skies threatening thunderstorms I happily lost myself in the stacks for a few hours. I came home with a bag of books, including… The Victorian Internet, Tom Standage … Continue reading
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