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Book Reviews Archive
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Book Review: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 1 CommentWhat little most of us know of Cleopatra has come to us through fiction and Hollywood production. Oddly enough, the “truth” about her comes from a variety of sources that... -
Book Review: Egypt: A Short History by Robert L. Tignor
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsA trip to Egypt is a trip into the maw of history. While some travelers can be content skipping along the surface of a place — eating the food, chatting... -
Book Review: Balthasar’s Odyssey by Amin Maalouf
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsI loved history enough to major in it in college, and literature enough to give it an equal study. So to find a novelist that blends the two so well... -
Book Review: Best Tent Camping Michigan
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsMichigan, like my own state of Wisconsin, has a lovely outdoors scene. I think of Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories, of Great Lakes shorelines (four of them!), and the fascinating dunes...
