Crusader Castles – A Young Lawrence of Arabia

Having resolved to read everything written by T. E. Lawrence, I inevitably picked up his college thesis, published posthumously under … More

New(ish) books

I seem to view summer as the season for buying books. (Though, let’s get real here, when is buying … More

Yesterday my family and I had another chance to visit Powell’s City of Books, which, as I raved last year, … More

How could reading morph from something intrinsically habitual to – a tedious chore? While I stew on that sad thought, … More