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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Friday, October 31, 2014

Between the Testaments

Between the Testaments © 1960 D.S. Russell 176 pages The sudden eruption of Christianity from Judaism is inexplicable w...

Monday, October 27, 2014

NaNoWriMo 2014

It's National Novel Writing Month again, and I'm once again tasking myself with the challenge of writing 50,000 words before Nov...

Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Unknown War

The Unknown War © 1931 Winston Churchill 396 pages The war to end all wars, what Sir Winston Churchill aptly described as the world cr...

Friday, October 24, 2014

Gone Girl (No Spoilers)

Gone Girl © 2012 Gillian Flynn 432 pages Gone Girl is a dark pleasure, a thriller driven by loathsome people whose greatest achie...

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist © 2011 Brad Pitre 240 pages Communion, the eating of bread and wine regarded as the bo...

They Thought They Were Free

They Thought they Were Free: the Germans, 1933-1945 346 pages © 1955 Milton Mayer How could ordinary, decent people abide the Naz...

Saturday, October 18, 2014

A Reading on the Eve of Destruction

We know no spectacle in human history more instinct with pathos than that of these twelve million men, busy with the cares, hopes and joys...

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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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