nonfiction
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Solving ‘How to Solve It’
I hit the ground running when I started George Pólya‘s How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method. Somewhere in the middle, the momentum disappeared, and months later, I feel so relieved to have finished it. For all that, I give it 5 out of 5 stars…yes, indeed, why?? This is a math/logic/philosophy Continue reading
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Orthodoxy
If it is difficult to review a book that is nonfiction and follows a less-than-linear outline, then it is doubly difficult to review such a book from the Christian apologetics genre. And, naturally, one must explain a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. G. K. Chesterton‘s Orthodoxy is an account of how he came Continue reading
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Mackinder’s Heartland Theory
Who rules East Europe, commands the HeartlandWho rules the Heartland, commands the World IslandWho rules the World Island, commands the World Though they may be deemed outdated now, Sir Halford Mackinder‘s Heartland Theory and his writings on geopolitics offer some fascinating–and still relevant–pieces of wisdom on the relations between geography, history, and foreign policy. My Continue reading
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South: Antarctica, Endurance, and WWI
Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s South was my spontaneous “heavy reading” for this spring/summer. At times, my reaction was “What did I myself get into?” It is a long first-person narrative, stylistically tedious, and inherently repetitive–but absolutely worth the commitment. {Note: Be sure to look through photographer Frank Hurley’s book South with Endurance while you read South. Continue reading
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