Reading Freely

Pursuing the flourishing life and human liberty through literature.
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Crunchy Cons

Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-win...

Saturday, April 27, 2013

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness © 2010 Michelle Alexander 290 pages In The New J...

Friday, April 26, 2013

The New World

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume II: The New World © 1956 Winston Churchill 400 pages Shortly before the eruption of...

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Plain Reader

The Plain Reader © 1998 various authors, edited by Scott Savage 272 pages What really matters? Such is the question explored b...

Friday, April 19, 2013

This week at the library: cities and simple living

This week at the library, I’ve started a series of England-themed readings to commemorate St. George’s Day, on 23 April. My sel...

Saturday, April 13, 2013

A Spectacle of Corruption

A Spectacle of Corruption © 2004 David Liss 381 pages When Benjamin Weaver went to a pub, he never expected to end up fighting for hi...

Friday, April 12, 2013

Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet

Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet 352 pages © 2008 Michael T. Klare For much of the 20th century, a handful of industrialized countrie...

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Stephen: A young fogey at work in a small-town library, enjoying the good life of a historic community.

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