Reading Freely

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

Pages

▼

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Murder at Fenway Park

Murder at Fenway Park © 1994 Troy Soos 252 pages 1912, Boston. The Titanic is only a few weeks lost to the North Atlantic bottom, b...

Friday, September 2, 2016

Rescue Warriors

Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes © 2009 David Helvarg 384 pages When Katrina devastated the Gul...

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

When Tigers Fight

When Tigers Fight: The Story of the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 © 1989 Dick Wilson 269 pages "We Japanese cannot win here. We a...

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Killer Blondes and Killer Wheat

A few weeks ago I read Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man , a murder-mystery from the same Pinkerton agent turned author who produced ...

Saturday, August 27, 2016

The Porch and the Cross

The Porch and the Cross: Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Modern Christian Living © 2016 Kevin Vost 198 pages Stoicism as a moral philosophy...

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

The Cargo Ship Diaries

The Cargo Ship Diaries : 44 months, 37 countries, 0 flights © 2014 Niall Doherty 133 pages A few years ago while looking for infor...

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Miracle at Midway

Miracle at Midway © 1983 Gordon Prange, Donald Goldstein and,Katherine Dillon, 512 pages Miracle at Midway is a thorough history of...

View web version

About Me

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

View my complete profile

Powered by Blogger.