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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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Book Review: Searching For Hassan

Posted on February 23, 2024 by nathanalbright

Searching For Hassan, by Terence Ward At the heart of this generally excellent book there is a giant hole of motivation. What is it that drives the Ward family to, after decades of separation, visit Iran in 1998 to search … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Soldier Of Destiny

Posted on January 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

Soldier Of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, And The Redemption Of Ulysses S. Grant, by John Reeves This book is, at least so far, the best book by far that John Reeves has written. That said, it is not nearly the sort of book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Princes Of The Renaissance

Posted on December 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

Princes Of The Renaissance: The Hidden Power Behind An Artistic Revolution, by Mary Hollingsworth Unfortunately, this book manages to combine several unfortunate traits into a single book that would, at least at the outset, seem like a slam-dunk for a great … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bourbons

Posted on December 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Bourbons: The History Of A Dynasty, by J.H. Shennan What kind of history is this book? Having some awareness of its scope will help to answer this question. For one, this book is about the Bourbon monarchs of France, starting with King … Continue reading →

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Fancy

Posted on September 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Why would a mother name her daughter Fancy? I have heard some strange names for children in my time, to be sure, but Fancy is not one of them. I want to stick a pin in this question because I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11)

Posted on September 8, 2023 by nathanalbright

Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11), by Lindsey Davis Wills are tricky business, even under the best of circumstances. This is a book that takes a bit of time to develop, where there are a lot of plots all connected together, … Continue reading →

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On Emphasizing Fatherhood

Posted on August 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

As is sometimes the case, I spent some time this evening helping a dear friend of mine work on writing an answer that was provided in her essay writing study relating to the subject of fatherhood that she had a … Continue reading →

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Connection

Posted on June 21, 2023 by nathanalbright

Sometimes moments of connection come when one is simply in the right place at the right time, no matter how transient such a connection may be. As it happens, this morning I was at the front of the line of … Continue reading →

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On The Freedom To Fail

Posted on April 27, 2023 by nathanalbright

To what extent is it a good thing to have the freedom to fail? One of the notable aspects of examining movie bombs is that those who are involved in any aspect of a failed movie suffer some sort of … Continue reading →

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