Many of the eighty percent of Americans who live in cities are unaware of the demographic revolution underway in the vast rural stretches of our country. The Immigration Act of 1965 ushered in a flood of racial or ethnic minorities to rural America over the past half-century. They now account for...
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If you’re a science fiction fan, you may well have come across Blake Crouch’s work on television. The Wayward Pines series, based on Crouch’s bestselling trilogy, captured a wide audience—and deservedly so. But you’re going to see a lot more of the man’s...
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The “blindspot” of this hilarious tale of Colonial America was slavery. Most accounts of that time and place deal with the colonists’ increasing distaste for domination by the British King. But the bondage of captured Africans was an everyday reality even though people both...
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World War II began for the United States with a catastrophic intelligence failure at Pearl Harbor. Two decades earlier, during the First World War, the US military had begun building capacity in signals and communications intelligence. But little was left in place by 1941. Yet, just four years...
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Spy novels are full of stories about the hunt for moles in the CIA, MI6, and other intelligence agencies. It’s less common to come across a tale in which the mole is embedded in the uppermost reaches of the political establishment. And perhaps that’s no coincidence. Authors of spy...
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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.