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King–of the Khyber Rifles Book Review

King–of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy Carrol and Graf 1985 $3.95; 395 pages ISBN 0881841692 I enjoy reading old books. This one is only 101 years old at this point, but I enjoy the act of getting into the mind of someone from another age. Written in

Last Call Book Review

Last Call Book Review

Last Call by Tim Powers Perennial 2003 $15.95; 535 pages ISBN 038072846X Last Call [Amazon link] is one of my all time favorite books. I can return to this book again and again, and find something different in it each time. According to LibraryThing, the last time I read

Thrawn Book Review

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn Del Rey, 2017 $28.99; 427 pages ISBN 9780425287071 This was everything I ever wanted out of a Star Wars novel. Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Trilogy was my introduction to Star Wars novels. If this had to be the last one I

The Comic Art of War Book Review

The Comic Art of War by Christina M. Knopf McFarland and Company, 2015 $39.95; 252 pages ISBN 9780786498352 I received this book for free as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. Another textbook from my to-read pile, this one a detailed academic study of military cartoons, both official

The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914 — 1922 Book Review

The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914 — 1922 by Jamie Bisher McFarland and Company, 2016 $29.95; 358 pages ISBN 9780786433506 I received this book for free as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. I requested this book because I find the subject of espionage interesting, and because the

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise Book Review

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise by Dario Fernandez-Morera ISI Press 2016 $29.95; 358 pages ISBN 978161017095 It has been quite a while since I've read a proper work of non-fiction in book form. I tend to get all of my non-fiction reading as journal articles, blogs

Starcraft: Evolution Book Review

Starcraft: Evolution By Timothy Zahn Del Rey Books, 2016 $28.00; 354 pages ISBN 9780425284735 In general, I don't read videogame books for the same reason I don't watch videogame movies. With a few exceptions, they all suck. I picked this volume up because Timothy Zahn