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The Commentaries The Gallic Wars and The Civil War by Julius Caesar Read by Charlton Griffin 13 hours, 54 minutes Audio Connoisseur, 2009 As I often do, I took a multimedia approach to this book. When driving, I listened to the audiobook, but when able, I read the kindle version. This approach worked well in… Continue reading Review: The Commentaries by Julius Caesar

A World Lit Only by Fire The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age by William Manchester 366 pages Little, Brown & Company, New York, 1993 I have recently heard the argument made more and more that the so-called Dark Ages were not that. I think this book stands against that notion. William… Continue reading Review: A World Lit Only by Fire

The author begins in the conversational style of one relating an anecdote rather than of a journalistic relaying of facts. Where Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia causes dangerous spikes in blood pressure, this book is written in such a way that the reader finds himself bemused rather than angered. It is as if the reader has been… Continue reading Review: Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World