Worthwhile Books

In a recent post I talked about the “100 Books with Dante” method of tackling daunting classics by reading short chunks each day with a kno...

I thought I had all the Audible titles I could possibly want, but once again, they drew me in with the promise of "3 months for 99 cent...

My reading of Metamorphoses was an example of the old proverb, "Slow and steady wins the race." Inspired by my experience with 10...

" You're both so clever," said grandmama admiringly. "I was never any good at languages ." " You're good at...

Herbert Pinnegar was born in the 1860s. He was an orphan with a lame leg and didn’t seem to have any prospect for a happy future. But with a...

Is it possible to write a rave review about a book that I hestitate to recommend? Frankly, I struggled to like and finish Roger Scruton'...

In spite of the fact that my brain was in a fog (teaching overload) for almost six months this year, I managed to squeeze in quite a few rea...