Monthly Archives: July 2016

Audiobook Review: The Monuments Men

Posted on July 28, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Monuments Men:  Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, And The Greatest Treasure Hunt In History, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter, read by Jeremy Davidson At the intersection between military history and art history, this book provides a glimpse at … Continue reading →

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Time Out Of Mind

Posted on July 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Bible, in the book of Judges, frequently and ominously comments on the tendency of people to lose sight of the history of deliverance and the need to continue living in obedience to God by stating that a generation arose … Continue reading →

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The Unexpected Triumph Of Arcadia

Posted on July 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

For the past couple of days or so I have been listening to an audiobook (review forthcoming) about the long and ambivalent relationship between the Herbert family of Pembroke and Montgomery and the Tudor and Stuart houses between 1530 and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Go Big Or Go Home

Posted on July 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

Go Big Or Go Home:  The Journey Toward The Dream, by Scotty McCreery with Travis Thrasher [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Zondervan in exchange for an honest review.] This is a fine memoir from a singer … Continue reading →

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Silent Running, Or The Dark Side Of Sprezzatura

Posted on July 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

It is likely that without knowing it, many of the people who read this will likely be devotees of the fine Renaissance art of sprezzatura.  In his well-known work The Book of The Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione stated that the ideal … Continue reading →

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Machiavelli’s Revenge

Posted on July 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

For many years, one of my dream classes to teach on the university level would be a course on Machiavelli that would look at him from the point of view of history, literary criticism, and political philosophy, and that would … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Katherine Swynford, by Alison Weir

Posted on July 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

Katherine Swynford:  The Story Of John Of Gaunt And His Scandalous Duchess, by Alison Weir If you are reading (or listening to) this book, a few things could likely be said about you.  For example, you could be fond of … Continue reading →

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Off The Beaten Trail

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

As a sixth grader I spent a significant amount of time playing the computer game Oregon Trail at school [1].  In that game, one plays as a family of ordinary pioneers who are making decisions about what paths to take … Continue reading →

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Medieval Management By Wandering Around

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

Largely because there is a widespread chronological prejudice and a lack of historical awareness on the part of many management theorists, Management By Walking Around is thought as a contemporary phenomenon.  Yet management by walking around is an exceedingly old … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When There Are No Easy Answers

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

When There Are No Easy Answers: Thinking Differently About God, Suffering, And Evil, by John S. Feinberg [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.] As someone who for personal … Continue reading →

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