I absolutely loved "Victoria" by Daisy Goodwin, and I was really into the Amazon miniseries based upon that book as well. So when I saw that this one was recommended for fans of Goodwin, I decided to give it a shot. What exactly was wrong with this book? I struggle to put my finger on it, but I ...
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Most of the Great Courses skew heavily left, and with a topic like conspiracies and conspiracy theories, I was bracing myself for a one-sided liberal rant against the idiocy of conservatives. But I have to hand it to the author/lecturer: while it's clear that he identifies as liberal, for the most ...
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This would make a great movie! It's the untold (until the 1920s anyway) story of six spies during the Revolutionary War who fed critical information to George Washington at great personal risk, very possibly (as the subtitle says) influencing the war's outcome. They were so secret that even ...
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Given how polarized the world is now, I've been spending a lot of time lately wondering how decent, intelligent people can come to such wildly different perspectives that they can no longer even have a conversation with each other. I'd already listened to "Understanding Complexity," which made me ...
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I agreed with and appreciated the main premise of this book, which was that we should all hold our beliefs and opinions loosely enough that we are open to evidence to the contrary. We should consider what evidence might change our minds, and be open to critiques rather than closing our minds. When ...
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I love Andy Weir's snarky narrative voice. His characters always have more or less the same dry wit, handling personal and global catastrophe with understated sarcasm. Really, this carried the story. The main character awakens in naked and alone on a cold table covered with IVs and catheters and ...
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