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, September 30, 2014

The Age of Voltaire

The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756 898 pages © 1965 Will and Ariel Durant ...

Monday, September 29, 2014

This week: airplanes with Jesus, Kurt Vonnegut, and Voltaire

This past weekend I read through A Day with a Perfect Stranger , not a difficult task given that it’s less than 100 pages. A ...

Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Crucified Rabbi

The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity © 2009 Taylor Marshall 236 pages Take for granted Christianit...

Friday, September 26, 2014

One Second After

One Second After © 2011 William R. Forstchen 528 pages When the power blinked, Colonel John Matherson wasn't alarmed. These thi...

Monday, September 22, 2014

An Honourable Defeat

An Honorable Defeat: A Hiastory of German Resistance to Hitler © 1994 Anton Gill 293 pages No civilized nation on Eart...

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Collision of Empires

Collision of Empires 488 pages © 2014 Prit Buttar A quirk of the Great War is that its initial contestants us...

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring, being the first part of the Lord of the Rings © 1954 J.R.R Tolkien 570 pages Not many birthday gift inv...

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