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Mad Boy by Nick Arvin

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

A wild, at times hilarious, at times touching, romp set during the War of 1812. Redcoats and Bluecoats face off, slaves seek their freedom, looters and pirates...

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Quick Take: The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Starts a little slow but picks up by the end. It is middle grade so has a simplicity necessary for younger readers. I listened to it on audio so not sure if tha...

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First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call to Independence by Harlow Giles Unger

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

Next to Washington, Lee was arguably the most important American leader in the war against the British. Drawing on original manuscripts--many overlooked or igno...

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Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children by Erick Erickson

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I doubt a lot of people who disagree with Erick's politics have or will read this book.  Which is a shame because we could do with a world where more people got...

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Suicide of the West and Its Critics

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Goldberg does not deny the tensions involved in this conservative project within a liberal democratic capitalist system but rather accepts it as the challenge w...

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Suicide of the West by Jonah Goldberg

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Kevin Holtsberry / 1 Comment

Under attack from the left and the right are the very values and ideals that sustain our civilization.  Democracy, free speech, free market capitalism are all i...

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