Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America by Barbara Jensen I bought this book after attending a panel and workshop presented by the author at a con, and I was so hungry to learn more that I bought her book. Class in America is a subject that we don’t like to talk about. In …
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Jan 03
Book Review: Facing Violence
Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected by Rory Miller I can’t say this book was notably different in quality than MEDITATIONS ON VIOLENCE, which I gave 5 stars, but I didn’t like this one as much. This book covers a lot of the same material as MEDITATIONS ON VIOLENCE, except that it has a brief …
Sep 27
Book Review: The Gift of Fear
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker I liked this book so much that I’m going to buy a copy of it and make my favorite girls read it. In fact, I may read it a second time, just to glean some more information out of it. …
Sep 18
Book Review: The Magician King
The Magician King by Lev Grossman I have mixed feelings about this book. In some ways it’s a stupendous literary achievement. In other ways, it’s a thought problem of what would happen in real life if you min-maxed to get intelligence modifiers by using charisma as a dump stat. Or, to clarify for those of …
Feb 13
Book Review: Napoleon’s Buttons
Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Couteur This book is a combination of chemistry and anthropology/history of science. There are a lot of books out there, many of them well written, about the history of science and how scientific advances and discoveries changed changed civilizations, but very few books that mix …