Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn
The movie is better than the book... although much of the movie dialog is drawn directly from the book.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Justus Hartnack
This is an excellent, succinct introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason. Hartnack is outstanding at getting across the meaning of Kant's technical terms.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Blitzkrieg by Len Deighton
Excellent account of the Battle of France, 1940, from the rise of Hitler to Dunkirk.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
The Cold Kiss by John Rector
Decent thriller novel about a young couple stranded at a motel in a snowstorm, with a dead body, and a suitcase full of money.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Atheist Delusions - The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies by David Bentley Hart
Excellent response to the New Atheism, made in terms of showing just what it is that Christianity has added to the world and what it might lose when (if) Christianity disappears.
Monday, July 5, 2010
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
My wife has been bugging me for twenty years to read this, so I finally did.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
The second in Hillerman's Navaho tribal police series. Listened to it while running; being a Hillerman veteran, I was able to identify the killer fairly quickly, but the mystery isn't the best part of Hillerman. It's his development of Joe Leaphorn and his insights into Navaho culture.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Ghost and Horror Stories by Ambrose Bierce
Don't expect the horrifying ghosts of M.R. James in Bierce's writing; Bierce is more about moral horror.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
Another Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navaho Tribal Police novel. The best part of these novels is the author's evocation of Navaho culture, his plain, direct style of writing, and the understated but genuine way he develops his characters. Sometimes it's not too difficult to guess the identity of the murderer, as it was in this case, but then, the mystery is only of secondary importance for me. I've read a number of the Leaphorn/Chee novels by now, and Leaphorn and Chee have come to seem like old friends who I look forward to meeting again; this is what I really want in a series and Hillerman delivers.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The Last Superstition by Edward Feser
Feser takes on the "New Atheists" in this work. To do so, he introduces his Aristotelian worldview and shows why modern philosophy in general is inadequate. Probably the best takedown of the New Atheists that I have read. Also includes Feser's take on the Intelligent Design movement, of which Feser is not a fan.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Right Darwin by Carson Holloway
Demolition of the position that Darwinism can be a sufficient basis for morality.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Skeptics and True Believers by Chet Raymo
Picked this up for a few $$$ at the used book store. Usual stuff about folks who accept science (yea!) rather than remain dogmatically ignorant in religion (boo!). You should be able to find it on the shelf at your local Strawmen'R'Us.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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