I’m sure you’ve found this, too: It’s damnably hard to get a handle on things. Every day, we’re inundated by thousands of bits and pieces of information—online, by mail, on our phones and laptops, and everywhere we walk on the streets of a city or the aisles of a grocery store. How does all this...
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If you’re ever tempted to think that colonialism was a good thing, here’s the place to start. (I’m assuming you haven’t read Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost, an extraordinary exposé of Belgian rule in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If...
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According to Forbes, cash hidden in offshore banks is equivalent to at least ten percent of global GDP. And the best estimate for projected global GDP in 2019 is $88 trillion. So at least $8.8 trillion has been socked away in secret accounts in tax havens such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands,...
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Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis’s 1993 hit film, Bill Murray is caught in a time loop and repeatedly relives the same day over and over again. Blake Crouch’s disappointing new novel, Recursion, is a lot like that. But Dr. Helena Smith and Barry Sutton...
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Listed below are more than a dozen mysteries and thrillers set in Scotland. They include two historical courtroom dramas, one of them by Denise Mina and set in Glasgow; Peter May’s atmospheric Lewis Trilogy set in the Outer Hebrides Islands; and seven of the volumes in Ian Rankin’s outstanding...
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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.