short reviews
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Books with Unusual Titles – Two Short Reviews
It’s been a while since my last post, but I have been reading intermittently. I am still reading Sherlock Holmes (!) and Noli Me Tangere. Most recently, I have been spending more time at the library and read a couple of short books to mix things up a bit. Jacob’s Hands: A Fable Jacob’s Hands Continue reading
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Greek Tragedy & Huxley’s Pacifism – Two Short Reviews
I’ve been reading as slow as a tortoise, but I did manage to finish The Oresteia and Huxley’s Ends and Means. The Oresteia As a friend pointed out to me, it’s important to recognize that these plays were religious plays, first and foremost. For me, their strong religious and cultural underpinnings resulted in a divide Continue reading
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Unreviewed Books – 2021
So… it’s nearing the end of the year (how?!), and there’s quite a few books I never got around to properly reviewing for various reasons. I have today off, so I thought I’d just go through some of them and give short reviews for each: Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki Three Summers (1946) was the Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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