Reviews
From the Archives: In which I consider soccer, or at least books about soccer
I first ran this in 2014. Looks like it’s time to run it again. The World Cup is over and some of you are suffering from soccer* withdrawal. Unlikely though it may seem to those of you who know me in real life,I have some reading suggestions that will let you feed both lingering soccer…
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From the Archives: Antony Beevor’s Second World War
While I continue to struggle with the next blog post about a stop on our D-Day tour, I thought I would share this review from the archives on a related subject. With any luck I’ll have successfully found my way into the Grand Bunker museum and out again by next week. When Antony Beevor’s…
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The Poisoner’s Handbook: A Belated Review
It is possible you have already read Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook. I was late to the game when I first picked it up and I have been reading it on and off for several years.* For those of you who haven’t read it, the book’s sub-title says it all: Murder and the Birth of…
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