Looking for outstanding science fiction? Here’s a great one. At its best, sf possesses the power to grab you by the throat and force you to confront questions you’d long thought buried in adolescence — questions about the meaning of life and the quest for...
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It seems remarkable to me that Destiny Disrupted is the first new global history written from an Islamic perspective that has come to my attention in the fourteen years since 9/11. After all, analyses of events in what we call the Middle East frequently emphasize that Muslims perceive the world...
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Here is a masterful piece of historical fiction from a veteran novelist with extraordinary talent. World Gone By, written by Dennis Lehane, follows the interior struggle of a man with a tragic past he cannot escape and an uncertain future. In her review of the book in The New York Times,...
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Looking for a spy thriller that might keep you up at night? If you suspend disbelief, as science fiction writers ask you to do, you may enjoy this intricately plotted thriller from Joseph Finder, one of America’s best contemporary novelists of suspense. For starters, you’ll need to...
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You get what you pay for with Money by Felix Martin. Yes, this book really does tell the story of money from its origins in Mesopotamia and Greece thousands of years ago to today’s endlessly complex international economy. At times, the book is rough going. It appears to have been written by...
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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.