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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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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

British Historical Fiction

Ancient and Legendary Britain Stonehenge , Bernard Cornwell The Winter King: A Story of Arthur , Bernard Cornwell Enemy of God: A...

Conclave

Conclave © 2016 Robert Harris 484 pages Inside the Casa Santa Marta, the elders of Rome are again assembling to choose the next bisho...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Columbine

Columbine © 2009 Dave Cullen 417 pages Columbine. I remember it, of course. I was in eighth grade when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebol...

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Civilian Warriors

Civilian Warriors: the Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror © 2013 Erik Prince 413 pages In the 21...

Lost Enlightenment

Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane © 2015 S. Frederick Starr 618 pages Lost Enlig...

Friday, November 25, 2016

TW on the Road: Mountain climbing in Alabama?

Three and a half hours north of me, and perhaps an hour or so east of Birmingham, lies Talledaga National Forest and Cheaha National Pa...

Thursday, November 24, 2016

The Works

The Works: Anatomy of a City © 2005 Kate Ascher 240 pages Cities are, for my money, mankind's most astonishing invention. Their...

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