Reading Freely

The Spice Route © 2005 John Keay 308 pages Spock was right. Having a thing is often not as pleasant as wanting  a thing. It is not l...

Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations © 2013 Jules Evans 320 pages  For most, philosophy is a subject that screams im...

Considering that two-thirds of the year is now spent, how's that 2015 reading challenge coming?  As introduced earlier in the year , it...

Leofric: Sword of the Angles © 2015 S. J. Arnott 412 pages The days are dark for Angeln. Surrounded by enemies and increasingly ...

Tevye and his Seven Daughters © 1894 Sholom Aleichem 300 pages Consider the question: is it possible to enjoy a book while having mu...

The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical Tradition © 1999 E. Christian Kopf 327 pages Earlier in the week I read The D...

A Vanished World: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval Spain © 2005 Chris Lowney 320 pages Vanished World  sets medieval   Spain...