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, February 3, 2017

Trade, ancient and modern: from China to the Sharing Economy

Two micro-reviews for you...one on The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia , the other on Mesh: Why the Future of Business is...

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Podcast of the Week: Lewis, Tolkien, and the Great War

This week I'm highlighting #272 of the Art of Manliness podcast, an interview with the author of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great...

Monday, January 30, 2017

A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

The Canon: A whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science © 2007 Natalie Angier 293 pages Science is amazing ! Why is so much o...

Looking ahead & some also-reads

I intentionally launched this year off with some fun reading, so we're off to a good start and there's more on the way. Yesterda...

Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Twilight of the Presidency

The Twlight of the Presidency: An Examination of Power and Isolation in the White House © 1970, 1987 200 pages In Twilight of the Pr...

Saturday, January 28, 2017

The Forever War

The Forever War © 1974 Joe Haldeman 236 pages “I called to the waiter, 'Bring me one of those Antares things’ Sitting here in a ba...

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Laughter is Better than Communism

Laughter is Better than Communism: Politics, Wit, and Cartoons 180 pages © 2014 Andrew Heaton A couple of years ago I stumbled upon...

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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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