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Books 2010 #3 The Arabs: A History

Well written, well researched and covering a poorly understood, but vitally important culture The Arabs: A History should be required reading for pretty much everyone. Three or four events that I knew well from European history are covered and that’s … Continue reading

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Books 2010 #2 Shutter Island

All of the Dennis Lehane books I’ve read have been like crack to me. Three times in the last year I’ve stayed up way too late trying to finish one of his books. The only reason it’s not five (the … Continue reading

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Books 2010 #1 Too Big to Fail

How busy have I been? So busy that I finished reading this book in January and haven’t found time to review it since? Yeah, that busy. Anyway, I’m back from redesign land and am now 100% free to do whatever … Continue reading

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Books 2009 #14 The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren Let me just get this out of the way before I talk about the book… People thought this was a Vermeer? Seriously?

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Books 2009 #13 And Another Thing…

The sixth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers’ Trilogy ,And Another Thing…, is the first written by someone other than Douglas Adams and, probably not coincidentally, is my least favorite entry in the series. It’s okay. It’s an easy … Continue reading

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