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Sometimes Brilliant

SOMETIMES BRILLIANT. Larry Brilliant. Harper One. The Indian people love puns. The more subtle and intellectual the pun, the better. It’s considered the highest artistry to lay a pun that … Continue reading →

November 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

Oxford University Press Explores the Many Faces of World History

1777: TIPPING POINT AT SARATOGA. Dean Snow. Oxford University Press. Historian/Archaeologist Dean Snow takes the 33 days of the Saratoga campaign (widely remembered as the tipping point when British power … Continue reading →

October 31, 2016 · Leave a comment

September Spotlight

THE SWARM. Volume One of the Second Formic War. Orson Scott Card. Aaron Johnston. TOR. The Fall season emerges with this notable novel from Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston. … Continue reading →

September 6, 2016 · 1 Comment

In F. Paul Wilson’s Panacea, Man Becomes His Own God

PANACEA. F. Paul Wilson. Tor. The purpose of a meaningful book is two-fold: As it entertains the reader and helps time pass, it should simultaneously enlighten the soul and teach … Continue reading →

August 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

Up-Hill Climb of Getting Healthy

In 2000, I weighed upwards of 260 pounds. My total cholesterol was 265. My triglycerides hovered around 500. Glucose in the neighborhood of 110. In sum, the general consensus was … Continue reading →

July 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

This Month In Audio

BUCKY F*CKING DENT. David Duchovny. Macmillan Audio. Bucky F*cking Dent is cast in the vein of “The Bad News Bears” – a novel book that naturally makes you want to … Continue reading →

July 1, 2016 · 2 Comments

New From Macmillan Audio

WHO RULES THE WORLD? Noam Chomsky. Macmillan Audio. Noam Chomsky remains one of the leading voices analyzing world politics, and Who Rules the World? continues his ultimate mission – that … Continue reading →

May 31, 2016 · Leave a comment

150 Years of ObamaCare

150 YEARS OF OBAMACARE. Daniel E. Dawes. Foreword by David Satcher (16th US Surgeon General). Johns Hopkins University Press. Health-care attorney Daniel Dawes is an expert on insurance reform and the … Continue reading →

May 31, 2016 · Leave a comment

Naked Before the Mirror

SEX WITH SHAKESPEARE. Jillian Keenan. William Morrow. There have been actual libraries created in honor of Shakespeare, widely considered the greatest writer to ever have walked the earth. So, from … Continue reading →

May 2, 2016 · 1 Comment

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