Sunday, April 6, 2014

Huxley. From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest by Adrian Desmond.

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Huxley: From Devil’s Disciple to Evolution’s High Priest focuses on the life of a tireless, effective advocate for evolution and science. ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Empire by Niall Ferguson.

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In our postcolonial age, there is a virtual consensus that imperialism and colonialism were harmful for those conquered. Niall Ferguson has...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

The Houses of History by Anna Green and Kathleen Troupe.

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The Houses of History is an epistemological examination of the 12 major theoretical perspectives that have informed historical study over ...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Genocide. A Comprehensive Introduction by Adam Jones.

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Adam Jones has written a condensed, informative study of Genocide. In the space of 400 pages, he has presented the major mass killings sinc...
Monday, February 10, 2014

At the Extremes of Popular History: The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt.

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The Rise of Rome is Anthony Everitt’s chronicle of the Empire’s beginnings. It falls firmly within the genre of Popular History. As such, ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Free Comrades. Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895-1917 by Terence Kissack.

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Free Comrades is Terence Kissack’s well-documented history of pre-World War I, anarchist advocacy for lesbians and gays in the US. Until 1...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Confessions of Saint Augustine. The Influence of Self-Loathing.

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Augustine of Hippo lived during a time of exceptional upheaval. It was the beginning of the Dark Ages, when the christianized Roman Empire ...