Monthly Archives: July 2019

Book Review: The Tin Ticket

Posted on July 21, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Tin Ticket:  The Heroic Journey Of Australia’s Convict Women, by Deborah J. Swiss As someone who has read at least a little bit about Australia’s convict women, it is pretty clear that there was both something deeply problematic about … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blow For The Landing

Posted on July 21, 2019 by nathanalbright

Blow For The Landing:  A Hundred Years Of Steam Navigation On The Waters Of The West, by Fritz Timmen I wanted to like this book more than I did.  In many ways this book seemed like less than the sum … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Floating Brothel

Posted on July 21, 2019 by nathanalbright

Floating Brothel:  The Extraordinary True Story Of An Eighteenth-Century Ship And Its Cargo Of Female Convicts, by Siân Rees Despite the somewhat tawdry aspect of the book’s title, this is a book that seeks to and generally succeeds at presenting … Continue reading →

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On The Selectorate In The Church Of God During The Modern Era

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

If we define the selectorate as those people who are able to choose the leaders of institutions and governments, and whose opinion actually matters in the operation of those institutions, we will find that the history of the modern era … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Listen To Great Music

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

How To Listen To Great Music:  A Guide To Its History, Culture, And Heart, by Robert Greenberg As someone who has enjoyed several of the author’s Great Courses on classical music [1], there is obviously much to enjoy here.  While … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part VI

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part VI, taught by Professor Greenberg It would be unfair to be too hard on Professor Greenberg for the way in which this six-part sampling of the music of the … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part V

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part V, taught by Professor Robert Greenberg I must admit I have some mixed feelings about this part of the course.  Having enjoyed the first two thirds of the professor’s … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part IV

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part IV, taught by Professor Robert Greenberg At this point the course has moved beyond the halfway to the two-thirds mark, and it is striking to see Greenberg in his … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Great Music: Part II

Posted on July 19, 2019 by nathanalbright

Great Courses:  How To Listen To And Understand Great Music:  Part II:  The High Baroque, taught by Professor Robert Greenberg One of the pleasures of listening to this series of lectures, which in its entirety goes on for 48 lectures … Continue reading →

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Feet Don’t Fail Me Now

Posted on July 19, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of the results of having feet as painfully afflicted as my own is the way that one notices the troubled feet of others as well.  Over the last few days I was at our church’s regional camp for preteens … Continue reading →

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