book reviews
Reviews for political die-hards of books about politicians, civil rights, Supreme Court rulings and the ever-changing Swamp.
Book Review: "Now in November" by Josephine Johnson
When I say I want a dramatic story filled with intense emotional turmoil and great turbulence, I mean a story like The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima or, this one. It's called Now in November and it's by Josephine Johnson. Her debut novel written and published by the age of just 24 years' old. It tells the story of emotional breakdown in a family that has been practically kicked to the bottom of the barrell. An intense and foreboding story, it haunts the reader with its incredible descriptions, it beautiful landscapes and its amazing character development.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in The Swamp
P.J. O'Rourke's Brilliant Treatise
P.J. O'Rourke passed away on Feb. 15th after a battle with lung cancer. He was one of America's greatest humorists and certainly one of the smartest. He will be sorely missed. This is a review I wrote of his "Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics" which I reviewed when it first came out in 1999.
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in The Swamp
The Good War - Stories About the Past? Or the Future?
Is world peace attainable? Is conflict between any two parties eventually unavoidable? It seems to be a part of human nature to fight. It's like an almost-inherent will to take advantage of people and abuse of power resides in us. History tells us that war is inevitable.
By George Gomez4 years ago in The Swamp
Book Review: Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice
I was given a free e-copy of this novel by NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt's greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, he's found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered his tomb. Now, with the outbreak of a world war looming, Ramses and those immortals brought forth from the mists of history by his resurrection will face their greatest test yet.
By Caitlin Gonya4 years ago in The Swamp
The 6 Best Books on Economics
Learning economics can be very interesting to understand society and how we behave. Through this knowledge, it is possible to find answers to questions such as: why do we work, why there is social inequality and why we will never be free from financial crises, among many others.
By Borba de Souza4 years ago in The Swamp
The Case Against Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL’S SHADOW The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill By Geoffrey Wheatcroft During a protest over the killing of George Floyd last year, demonstrators in London targeted the famed statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square. Underneath his name someone had spray-painted the words “was a racist.” To guard against further damage, the government temporarily boarded up the statue, drawing a rebuke from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a self-styled Churchill acolyte, who declared that “we cannot now try to edit or censor our past.”
By Sandeep Verma4 years ago in The Swamp
5 Books Recommended by Ben Shapiro
Who is Ben Shapiro? Ben Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, columnist, author, radio talk show host, and lawyer. He is the editor-in-chief of TruthRevolt.org, a website founded by David Horowitz. Shapiro has written seven books, the first being 2004's Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth, which he started writing when he was 17 years old.
By Borba de Souza4 years ago in The Swamp
Civil War in France by Karl Marx- Book review
Texts to transform the Civil War in France find their lessons and inspiration in Marx's account of the Paris Commune. A pamphlet based on First International lectures, an impressive and short history of society, and powerful anti-capitalist brutality. Although he wrote an introduction to emphasize the historical significance of what happened in Paris and its theoretical performance, Marx's book provides more details about the activities of the Communists, Blanquists, and proudhonists.
By Cs Sapkota4 years ago in The Swamp
IHT Does Another Hatchet Job on American Health Care System
There are plenty of legitimate problems with the American heath care system. Medical insurance companies are bogging doctors down with truckloads of paperwork and ensnaring them in a Gordian knot of red tape.
By ankit shakya4 years ago in The Swamp
Anne Appelbaum's "Red Famine"
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Appelbaum, author of Gulag and Iron Curtain continues her magisterial body of work on Soviet crimes with Red Famine, a comprehensive account of the 1932-33 Holodomor, which resulted in between three and four million dead from starvation and associated diseases.
By Grant Patterson5 years ago in The Swamp
