Monthly Archives: March 2024

Book Review: The Colony

Posted on March 31, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai To this day, the least populated county in the United States is a small valley on the island of Molokai that has, the last I knew, some twelve residents … Continue reading →

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Book Review: City Of Thorns

Posted on March 30, 2024 by nathanalbright

City Of Thorns: Nine Lives In The World’s Largest Refugee Camp, by Ben Rawlence Only once in my life (so far) I have visited a refugee camp, and I was there with a specific purpose, spent a few hours, observed … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Epigenetics Revolution

Posted on March 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding Of Genetics, Disease, And Inheritance, by Nessa Carey While in many ways this book was what I expected and hoped when looking at a book to help explain the latest … Continue reading →

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How To Market A Smart-Phone App

Posted on March 28, 2024 by nathanalbright

One of the seemingly undying questions of the contemporary world–if one judges the marketing that one sees in smart-phone apps as any indication–is how one is to make money in the contemporary world. While we cannot expect marketing (as much … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Animals Of A Bygone Era

Posted on March 28, 2024 by nathanalbright

Animals Of A Bygone Era: An Illustrated Compendium, by Maia Safstrom Although this book is a simple enough one to read, it has a surprising degree of poignancy and relevance, in that it is a book about creatures who are … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Husband Hunters

Posted on March 27, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into The British Aristocracy, by Anne De Courcy Many readers of this book–and probably the ideal readers of this book–will enter this work familiar with and fond of such books as Edith Wharton’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Song Of Our Scars

Posted on March 26, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Song Of Our Scars: The Untold Story Of Pain, by Haider Warraich This book was a disappointing one to read, because it could have been a great book but ended up being only an okay book, mixed in its … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Great Lodges Of The National Parks, Volume Two

Posted on March 25, 2024 by nathanalbright

Great Lodges Of The National Parks, Volume two, by Christine Barnes This book, in a roundabout and somewhat indirect way, indicates one of the main problems that this nation has with its public broadcasting. It is fortunate that this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: You Are What You Speak

Posted on March 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, And The Politics Of Identity, by Robert Lane Greene This is a book whose subject is easy to get wrong. Indeed, as I began this book, I was deeply concerned that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: On Savage Shores

Posted on March 23, 2024 by nathanalbright

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe, by Caroline Dodds Pennock This book is an example of the worst sort of contemporary historical trends, written and “researched” during Covid times by the laziest sort of historian, someone who imagines … Continue reading →

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