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Friday, March 30, 2012

Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton

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A step toward a more productive atheism Despite the title of this blog I do occasionally read a current book, this one having been relea...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Conquest of Plassans by Emile Zola

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A hidden treasure This is the fourth novel in Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series about life during the Second Empire in France. Unfortunate...
Monday, March 26, 2012

The Prairie Print Makers by Barbara Thompson O’Neill, George C. Foreman, and Howard W. Ellington

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A fine tribute to Kansas’s greatest artists This beautiful little volume, a slim 60 pages, may be the best book available on the Prairie...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Mankind’s metaphysical, ethical, and aesthetic relationship to the universe Originally published in 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay N...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Children of the Frost by Jack London

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London hits his stride This is Jack London’s third collection of short stories, first published in 1902. As with his two prior collectio...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Selected Stories by Lu Hsun

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A challenging but rewarding read Lu Xun (a.k.a. Lu Hsun) is considered the father of modern literature in China, and his work has had a ...
Friday, March 16, 2012

With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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Epic. With Fire and Sword is a sweeping, romantic, historical epic, originally published in 1884 by Nobel Prize-winner Henryk Sienkiew...