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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
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My daughter was very impressed by Albion's Seed when she read it as part of her undergrad studies in history. Several years after her graduation, I finally got around to reading it. I love scholarly books on history. Before Albion's Seed, I'd read Karen Armstrong's A History of God and Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror. I didn't find Fischer's strengt... »
The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: Volume One: The Early Church to the Reformation (Story of Christianity)
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I bought this book because I was searching various college course syllabi to see what scholars are assigning their student these days. In this case I discovered a very good book I didn't know was out these. Gonzalez is a very detail-oriented writer and has a solid grasp on the subject he writes on. The reader will get an excellent overview of Christ... »
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
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In this fanciful volume, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.), both analyzes and celebrates New York City. By suggesting the city as the site for an infinite variety of human activities and events--both real and imagined--the essence of the metropolitan lifestyle, its "culture of congestion" and its... »
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Mode
Someone scribbled the following on the first page of the introduction of my copy of this book: "NOTE: this work may be of marginal use!!" I disagree. ... »
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Buildin
In the 19th century, the Brooklyn Bridge was viewed as the greatest engineering feat of mankind. The Roeblings--father and son--toiled for decades, fighti... »
The Story of Christianity: Volume Two - The Ref
This review is more of a continuation of the review for Volume 1. This book covers the turbulent years of the reformation and its aftermath. The Reforma... »
The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down b
I read this book slowly and closely because of my long-standing interest in this type of subject matter. Judging from the promotional claims, I expected t... »
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew:
This book is a marvel, understandable to any person intelligent enough to enjoy Charles Dickens. Every aspect of life is within its scope. Easy to use, ... »
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged
This is a beautifully written book about Lincoln--the complete man. Joshua Wolf Shank does a lovely job of describing how Lincoln learned from his bouts ... »
The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Common
Linebaugh (yes, its not "Limbaugh") does some good, and some other stuff as well. His basic, and welcome contribution is to emphasize the seldom noticed ... »
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