This week I finished: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, by Walter Isaacson: Wow, the original content of this book is only 41 small pages, not counting empty pages at ends…
This week I finished: Gulag: A History, by Anne Applebaum: I read, listened, and watched a lot on the gulag system while reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. This book came up…
This week I finished: The Gulag Archipelago, volume 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: This book changed me---the full three volumes. I grew up learning about Hitler and Nazis. I knew something…
This week I finished: Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies, by John Adams: This pamphlet is shorter than some blog posts, but covers a…
This week I finished: The Arcadian, by podcast guest Steven Pressfield: The book's cover describes it as genre-bending and it is. I'm scheduled to record a second episode with Steven…
This week I finished: A Man at Arms, by podcast guest Steven Pressfield: I hear Steven has two groups of fans -- those of his The War of Art-type books…
This week I finished: How To Know Your Self: The Art and Science of Discovering Who You Really Are, by soon-to-be podcast guest J. Eric Oliver: I'm scheduled to record…
This week I finished: Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, by H. W. Brands: The…