Monday, May 13, 2013

The Scientists by John Gribbin.

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There is a time when one has to put aside the objective-sounding pedantry of book review formulae and say “this is a great book.” The discov...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Janson's History of Art by H.W. Janson

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Most lovers of Western visual arts have their favorite basic overview text. Since these texts tend to contain approximately 1000 pages, and...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

The Silk Road by Valerie Hansen

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This book is a factual representation of the archeological data from eight excavated settlements along The Silk Road. It is not a romantic ...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Vienna Coffeehouse Wits by Harold B. Segal

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There have been a number of books written about Vienna, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1938. Most notable in English are Fin-de-si...
Friday, April 5, 2013

The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience by Ronald J. Sider

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Okay I admit I had a little too much fun with this one. Anyone who’s been on the receiving end of a born-again, morally superior diatribe a...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Eichmann in Jerusalem. A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

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Eichmann in Jerusalem  was first published in 1963. At first, it angered Holocaust opponents in the US because of its proposition that E...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Paris: Biography of a City by Colin Jones.

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The key foci of this book are urban development and population growth. In the first three chapters, we witness the ups and downs of a small...