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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...