Monthly Archives: June 2024

Book Review: The Stuffed Owl

Posted on June 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology Of Bad Verse, selected and arranged by D.B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee, Introduction by Billy Collins This book is, to some extents, a project of its time, the early 20th century, when it first … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Operation Last Chance

Posted on June 13, 2024 by nathanalbright

Operation Last Chance: One Man’s Quest To Bring Nazi Criminals To Justice, by Efraim Zuroff It is clear, in reading this book, that there are some serious issues when it comes to vigilante efforts to deal with aging ex-Nazis. Even … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Don’t Fall For It

Posted on June 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

Don’t Fall For It: A Short History Of Financial Scams, by Ben Carlson There are at least a few aspects of this book that makes it a worthwhile one. One of them is the way that the author seeks to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Tragic Mountains

Posted on June 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, The Americans, And the Secret Wars For Laos, 1942-1992, by Jane Hamilton-Merritt I would like to preface this review by saying that what the Hmong suffered as a result of their desire for respect and their … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Carpenters: The Musical Legacy

Posted on June 10, 2024 by nathanalbright

Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, by Mike Cidoni Lennox & Chris May with Richard Carpenter If you were going to think of a perfect book for a chart nerd who is fond of the adult contemporary sounds of the Carpenters, particularly … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cambodia And Laos (DK Eyewitness)

Posted on June 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

Cambodia And Laos (DK Eyewitness), by Simon Ostheimer and Daniel Stables Cambodia and Laos happen to share a great deal in common besides their shared space on the borders of the Mekong River region. Both nations have a glorious and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Angkor: The Hidden Glories

Posted on June 8, 2024 by nathanalbright

Angkor: The Hidden Glories, by Michael Freeman & Roger Warner This is the sort of book that would make an ideal coffee table book, despite the fact that its photos are perhaps a bit out of date. For me, that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Great Place To Have A War

Posted on June 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Great Place To Have A War: America In Laos And The Birth Of The Military CIA, by Joshua Kurlantzick This book is a sobering and unpleasant one, both because it talks about an area that was and remains obscure … Continue reading →

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From My Heart And From My Hand, Why Don’t People Understand My Intention?

Posted on June 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

While the band Oingo Boingo was perhaps too strange to achieve pop superstardom, their song “Weird Science” remains one of the more prescient songs about the concerns of science over the past few decades. It is perhaps too easy to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Angkor And the Khmer Civilization

Posted on June 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Angkor And The Khmer Civilization, by Michael D. Coe There are at least a few notable aspects of the Khmer civilization that are worthy of attention, and the most obvious of them is the enigmatic set of religious ruins popularly … Continue reading →

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