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Book Review: What The Dead Know

Posted on June 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

What The Dead Know: Learning About Life As A New York City Death Investigator, by Barbara Butcher This book seems to have two missions, one of which it succeeds well at, and the other it fails at equally greatly. Yet … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy

Posted on June 20, 2024 by nathanalbright

Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy, by Ian Kelly If the author tries a bit too hard to make Casanova especially relevant to our times, I found myself considerably surprised by how much sympathy I felt for Casanova as a person, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cityscapes: Seville, Cordoba, And Grenada

Posted on January 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

Cityscapes: Seville, Cordoba, And Grenada: A Cultural History, by Elizabeth Nash This is a book which pretends to speak in favor of the communities and cities it writes about but ends up inevitably criticizing it in one of two directions. Seville, Cordoba, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Seven Wonders

Posted on September 24, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Seven Wonders: A Novel Of The Ancient World, by Steven Saylor I have a special unease about a book like this. The author wants to portray his character as sort of a detective, a solver of mysteries, while also … 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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Book Review: Young Heroes Of The Soviet Union

Posted on December 11, 2020 by nathanalbright

Young Heroes Of The Soviet Union: A Memoir And A Reckoning, by Alex Halberstadt This is not a very good memoir, nor is the author nearly insightful enough to provide reckoning about anything. There is a great gulf between what … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When Kids Ask Hard Questions

Posted on November 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-Filled Answers For Tough Topics, edited by Bromleigh McCleneghan & Karen Ware Jackson When kids ask hard questions, find a better book than this one to look for answers. It is hard to overstate just … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cult City

Posted on September 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, And 10 Days That Shook San Francisco In reading this rather unpleasant but deeply interesting book, I was struck by the question of whether the ten days that the author writes about with a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: I Don’t Want To Die Poor

Posted on August 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

I Don’t Want To Die Poor: Essays, by Michael Arceneaux It is unclear, and I am no unbiased observer, whether this book will have its intended aim of helping the author die other than poor. There are certainly areas where … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Tall History Of Sugar

Posted on August 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Tall History Of Sugar:  A Novel, by Curdella Forbes This book was not what I wanted or expected–I was hoping for a book that would have some sort of explanation about the nature of sugar in the Jamaican economy … Continue reading →

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