Reading Freely

Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History © 1999 Tim Haines 288 pages A dull pre-dawn light spreads across the horizon, illuminating a l...

This past week has mostly been about The Reformation , which I am 2/3rds of the way through. It started out strong ( The Age of Faith , part...

Discourses and Enchiridon, Epictetus © 1967, translated W.A. Oldfather Stoicism might be introduced to the lay reader as Buddhism for t...

Marcus Aurelius: A Life © 2009 Frank McLynn 684 pages Few figures in history can compare to Marcus Aurelius, and fewer still favorably....

This week, the Broke and the Bookish are musing over books they'd like to re-read. 1. The Black Widowers Series, Isaac Asimov ( Ta...

Sharpe's Escape © 2004 Bernard Cornwell 357 pages "Lieutenant Slingsby," the Colonel said, "tells me that you insulte...

The Red Pyramid © 2010 Rick Riordian 516 pages For centuries the gods of Egypt have been removed from the Earth, imprisoned by human ma...