Tag: Book review
When Lightning Strikes Book Review
“Creatively and comically told through a first-person perspective, in the style of a personal official government statement, When Lightning Strikes, the first ...Bookish with Bodie
This week, I read a book written by a man who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times. The ...A reformist in Russia: Bertrand Russell’s visit to the USSR
Apparently not enough, since Marxism-Leninism is still the most popular socialist tendency among the far-left, despite their ideology having failed or turned ...Raj Patel demonstrates the limits of liberalism
“We need more participation. We need more witty editorials. We need more criticism of government and economics—within reason, of course.” – Bodie ...George Lefebvre’s The Coming of the French Revolution
Georges Lefebvre’s The Coming of the French Revolution (1947) is a book that demonstrates how ineffective the “paradigm shift” view of history ...The Forgotten Huxley: Drugs That Shaped His Mind
If you ask anyone about Aldous Huxley, the first thought that comes to mind is his 1932 novel Brave New World. This ...Why Animal Farm still matters
The history of the twentieth century is a testament to Orwell’s lesson in Animal Farm: Marxism-Leninism simply didn’t work. And the relevance ...Norwegian Wood will make and break your heart
“With this story of love — its end and beginning — Murakami plunges readers into the terrors of accepting the past and ...A most dangerous review
“Krebs' book is a well-referenced race through a 2000-year period that culminates in one of the most horrific periods in human history.” ...You should read this book…
“As Lindhout painfully discovers, there is a reason few reporters dared to go there.” – Suzanne Barber