Explorers today plumb the oceans’ trenches and the vast reaches of solar space. For the truly adventurous who seek to cross humanity’s last frontiers, few if any big challenges remain on land. But a century and a half ago, the opportunities for Western explorers to make their mark were...
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A review of Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, by Ben McIntyre. ★★★★☆. How British intelligence, working through six European secret agents, misled the Germans about the date and place of the Normandy invasion and helped make its success possible.
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Check out your favorite writers of mysteries and thrillers whose careers began after, say, 1970. You’re likely to find that several turn to the work of John D. MacDonald as a model of the craft. In his time—the 1940s through the 1980s—he was one of the world’s most admired and...
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A dwindling number of American readers recognize the name Jessica Mitford (1917-96). And those who do probably think of her as the author of her most successful book, The American Way of Death. It shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list on its publication in 1963 and stayed there for...
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Once upon a time, not so long ago, really—it was 1999—there was a group of three exceedingly smart men whom Time Magazine called The Committee to Save the World. In fact, these three men— Alan Greenspan, Larry Summers, and Robert Rubin—seemed to think they were the smartest people in the whole...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.