This week’s selection features a potent biography on Sam Houston’s late career and a perfect Father’s Day gift—life lessons from a golf champion. Fiction An American Naval Adventure ‘Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates’ By James L. Haley Packed with naval battles and marine heroism, this work of historical fiction is the…
Book Review: ‘Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate’ (2021)
June 17, 2022
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Jared Ross Hardesty’s new book “Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate” has plenty of thematic elements to make it an exhilarating story. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t live up to its themes. I am always up for stories of adventure, even mutiny, on the high seas. When I received…
Book Review: 2020’s ‘The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz’
June 15, 2022
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Dec. 7, 1941 marks the date when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor ushering the United States into World War II. As much as this date is cemented into the World War II history of the United States and, hopefully, in the minds and hearts of most Americans, best-selling author Erik Larson takes readers on a compelling…
Books to Celebrate Father’s Day
Father’s Day—the perfect day to go camping, fly a kite, have a cookout … or read a book? This holiday is a great reminder of the importance of strong, positive father figures and male role models. The following books showcase fathers (or grandfathers) who provide their families with strength, protection, and love. ‘Grandpa Green’ by Lane…
Book Review: Visible Hand: The Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market
June 13, 2022
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"dismal science""Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions"Arts & CulturebooksBrightLife & TraditionMatthew HennessyThe Wall Street Journal
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While reading this book, I thought to myself: This should be handed out with the diploma to every graduating high school senior. Matthew Hennessey, the deputy opinion editor for The Wall Street Journal, has written a new book entitled “Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market”; it is a straightforward,…
Let Me Persuade You to Read Something About Prudence and Kindness: Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’
A book can’t be judged by its cover, true, but it should be revealed by its title. Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” is a perfect example, for the title is an expertly-set diamond, reflecting the plot of the novel, its theme, and its meaning. Persuading is THE action of the novel, and it is an action that…
A Healing Dose of Courage
June 11, 2022
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With all the world in disarray, one tender blossom survives; In the deepest crevasse of the human soul the kindness of heart still thrives. —From “Reveries” by Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave, 2021 “Reveries: In Search of Love, Hope, and Courage” is a book of poetry by American writer and photojournalist Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave. Within,…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for June 10–16
This week’s selection features a history of Jewish mobsters fighting Nazis in America and a Dickens novel famous for its vivid characters. Fiction Adventure Between Mexico and the States ‘All the Pretty Horses’ By Cormac McCarthy The first of Cormac McCarthy’s “Border Trilogy,” “All the Pretty Horses” follows the young man John Grady Cole on…
Book Review: ‘When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945’
June 10, 2022
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"When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945"Arts & CultureBarrett TillmanbooksBrightGen. Douglas MacArthurLife & Tradition
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Few subjects have been more dissected in article, essay, and book form than World War II. It is more than fitting that this should be the case for the largest conflict in world history. Renowned historian Barrett Tillman has provided another dissection of the war. In his new book, “When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945,”…
7 Books Every Serious Entrepreneur Needs to Read
By Jeremy Knauff One of my first jobs after I got out of the Marine Corps was at a software company during the dot-com bubble. There, I was responsible for selling training software designed to help network engineers, software developers, and database administrators pass their certification exams. This was an especially interesting time to be in…
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