Category: Reviews

Faithful readers of this blog will know that I am a sucker for a short well-designed book on an interesting subject. The Modern Library Chronicles Series is aim...

Ramesh Ponnuru pointed out this pathetic Michael Lind article in The Corner on Monday and it has roused me from my stupor. Lind’s polemical hit and run on...

What do you do when you feel a little blah, a little out of focus? Why buy some books of course! This time around I focused on theological and spritual issues. ...

And I thought I had a book addiction: To be sure, bibliomania is not a comfortable addiction. To feed my craving for modern first editions, including my beloved...

Here is a shocker: I actually enjoyed a Michael Kinsley column. Curse You, Robert Caro! By Michael Kinsley, in which the author details the travails of judging...

Ben Ausptizwas kind enough to send me the Ruyard Kipling classic Kim after he won the free book contest so I decided to bump it to the top of my list. In fact I...