Monthly Archives: March, 2015
Sir Walter Raleigh (Raleigh Trevelyan)
This book not only illuminates Sir Walter Raleigh’s life, but also illuminates his times in a way that brings real benefit to the reader....
Understanding Arabs: A Contemporary Guide to Arab Society (Margaret Nydell)
This is an awful book. It (the fifth edition, from 2012) contains a tiny bit of apparently useful information, which may or may not...
The Vikings (Robert Ferguson)
A relatively brief academic history--a bit dry in spots, or very dry if you're looking for a popularized history. And not for you if...
The Road To Mecca (Muhammad Asad)
This is a fascinating book—half travelogue and half conversion memoir. Muhammad Asad was born a Jew, Leopold Weiss, in the Austro-Hungarian empire (in what...
A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History (Nicholas Wade)
Whether this book is good or bad depends largely on what you expect it to be. If you expect it to be a cautious...