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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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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Top Ten Trek Episodes for Halloween

Star Trek and its iterations have produced many kinds of shows -- adventures, romances, mysteries, action thrillers, spy dramas -- but its...

The Prince

The Prince © 1532 Niccolo Machiavelli 100 pages Italy, circa 1500, was a rough neighborhood. Divided between powerful city-centered s...

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette

Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette: A Mostly Affectionate Account of a Small Town's Fight to Survive © 2003 Bill Kauffman 206 pages ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The Memory of Old Jack

The Memory of Old Jack © 1974 Wendell Berry 223 pages "Now Old Jack, who was the last of that generation that Wheeler looked to ...

Friday, October 19, 2018

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist © 1837 Charles Dickens 447 pages "Please, sir, I want some more." I had never read or otherwise encountered...

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Very Good, Jeeves

Very Good, Jeeves © 1930 P.G. Wodehouse 304 pages This past Saturday I had a very happy surprise. Taking a break from a day of sack...

Monday, October 15, 2018

The Shining

The Shining © 1977 Stephen King 447 pages A recovering alcoholic and recently fired schoolteacher has taken a short-term gig as the ...

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