Tag Archives: France

Audiobook Review: Great Courses: The Birth Of The Modern Mind: The Intellectual History Of The 17th And 18th Centuries: Part II

Posted on November 22, 2018 by nathanalbright

Great Courses:  The Birth Of The Modern Mind:  The Intellectual History Of The 17th And 18th Centuries:  Part II, taught by Professor Alan Charles Kors Considering that I actually liked the first part of this course, I have to admit … Continue reading →

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The Incompetent Pollsters Of New Caledonia

Posted on November 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

Although the attention of most of the people I happen to know this week was on the election here in the United States, about which I have little that I want to say, there was another momentous election that happened … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Piano In The Pyrenees

Posted on November 4, 2018 by nathanalbright

A Piano In The Pyrenees:  The Ups And Downs Of An Englishman In The French Mountains, by Tony Hawks There is a sub-genre of travel literature that I am familiar with [1], namely that of the humorous and somewhat daft … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Tenth Man

Posted on July 24, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Tenth Man, by Graham Greene This book, like several that are part of Greene’s body of work, is a somewhat forgotten film treatment that was published as a result of the work being found by someone many years later.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Essays On Political Economy

Posted on June 6, 2018 by nathanalbright

Essays On Political Economy, by Frèdèric Bastiat This collection of essays contains five of the essays of this well-known and sadly all too shortly-lived French economist who explores the various ways that someone who is essentially proper and conservative can … Continue reading →

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Book Review: That Which Is Seen, And That Which Is Not Seen

Posted on June 6, 2018 by nathanalbright

That Which Is Seen, And That Which Is Not Seen, by Frèdèric Bastiat As someone who happens to be a fan of Bastiat’s writing [1], I found this book to be deeply interesting.  Perhaps, as someone who has now read … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Law

Posted on May 6, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Law, by Frederic Bastiat About twenty years ago or so I was introduced to this book because my mother was taking coursework for her bachelor’s degree in business and this book was a text in one of her college … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Jacques Henri Lartigue: Photographer

Posted on February 20, 2018 by nathanalbright

Jacques Henri Lartigue:  Photographer, by Jacques Henri Lartigue As is the case with beautiful books of photography like this one [1], one does not so much read this book as attempt to understand the meaning and significance of the photographs … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Agincourt 1415

Posted on January 14, 2018 by nathanalbright

Agincourt 1415:  A Tourist’s Guide To The Campaign, by Peter Hoskins with Anne Curry Having read another of the author’s other books relating to the same subject [1], I was interested in reading this book to add to my trove … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Practice Of The Presence Of God

Posted on December 21, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Practice Of The Presence Of God, by Brother Lawrence One of the things that one learns as a reader of books of Christian mysticism [1] is that the best of these books are often in a conversation with other … Continue reading →

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