Did FDR betray the Jews of Europe? Did he turn a blind eye toward the Nazi “Final Solution” by preventing thousands of Jewish refugees from entering the United States? Clearly, there is ample evidence that President Roosevelt resisted pressure to admit German Jews fleeing from the...
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Future New York Governor Tom Dewey convicted Mafia boss Charlie “Lucky” Luciano for running a prostitution racket in 1936. Luciano was the American equivalent of the Sicilian capo di tutti capi, or boss of all the bosses; he was the first head of the modern Genovese crime family and...
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Have you ever experienced a fever dream? One of those utterly vivid nightmares that erupt as your body’s temperature spikes well over 100? If so, you might have a sense how Adrian Tchaikovsky could have come to write his novella, Walking to Aldebaran. There seems no other explanation that...
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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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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.