by Site Owner | Jan 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, History
Saving Stonehenge: A History of the Preservation Movement in England By Simon Thurley Yale University Press, $45.00, 224 pages One of the most unexpected themes running through Men from the Ministry, Simon Thurley’s engaging account of the preservation movement in...
by michaeld | Nov 26, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, History
Evil King John and the Birth of English Common Law By Nicholas Vincent Oxford University Press 11.95 144 pages Despite its slide toward legal obsolescence, the Magna Carta remains one of the most significant documents in the history of the Western world....
by Site Owner | Feb 29, 2012 | The Reader's Perspective
The Difficulty of Reviewing By Jesse Freedman Perhaps the most difficult part of reviewing books is the process by which the reviewer confronts what constitutes an honest assessment. Setting aside for a moment situations in which the reviewer has a personal...
by Site Owner | Jan 12, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
by Josef Eisinger Prometheus Books, $25.00, 280 pages Given the attention that has been paid to his life, it is rare that a work on Albert Einstein succeeds in casting meaningful light where generations of scholars have treaded before. Still, Einstein on the Road,...