Review 13: Misquoting Jesus
Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman I saw this guy on The Daily Show a few years ago, and his book sounded like a really interesting idea – study the ways in which, over the last two thousand years, the...
View ArticleReview 52: Maps and Legends
Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon In this book, Michael Chabon has done something very interesting – he has uplifted me and humbled me at the same time. It’s a weird feeling, that combination,...
View ArticleLost in the Stacks 4: Writers and Readers
With the debut of HBO’s “A Game of Thrones” miniseries and a new article in The New Yorker, the strange story of George R. R. Martin and his fans has been on my mind. So, in this episode of Lost …...
View ArticleLost in the Stacks 5: Art versus Artist
Scott Adams says some really dickish things, but the Pointy-Haired Boss is still funny to laugh at. Mel Gibson shows his anti-Semitic side, but Lethal Weapon is still one of the best buddy cop movies...
View ArticleLost in the Stacks 8: Guilty Pleasures
Everybody has a guilty pleasure book. It might be one author or a specific series or even a whole genre – that book you don’t want to be seen reading. The book you know your high school English teacher...
View ArticleReview 167: A People’s History of the United States
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn History is, in its way, a fiction. While it is made up of facts, things that are verifiable or at least reliably accepted as being what really...
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