American Pastoral by Philip Roth 

The book is American Pastoral by Philip Roth. It was originally published in 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. I read the 1998 Vintage paperback edition. I read it in July of 2023.   The title refers to a type of painting called American pastoral, which is like a landscape portrait. It basically means a nice quaint picturesque image... Continue Reading →

Washington by Ron Chernow 

The book is Washington by Ron Chernow. It was originally published in 2010 by Penguin Books. I read the 2011 paperback edition. I read it in June of 2023.   The title obviously is from the subject of the biography, George Washington. The full title is Washington: A Life But Chernow takes advantage of the fact that the Washington name... Continue Reading →

Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson 

The book is Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson. It was originally published in 2014 by Oxford University Press. I read the first edition. I read it in May of 2023.   This is the first book in a series called A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. This volume is a survey of the presocratic philosophers as well as... Continue Reading →

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 

The book is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. It was originally published in 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Company. I read the 1998 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2023.   The title is the narrator's story. She is the handmaid telling the tale. It's set in a dystopian future America where all childbearing women, the... Continue Reading →

The God Who Is There by Francis Schaeffer 

The book is The God Who is There by Francis Schaeffer. It was originally published in 1968 by L'Aba Fellowship. I read the 1998 Intervarsity Press paperback edition. I read it in April of 2023.   The title comes from Schaeffer's point that we cannot escape the reality that God exists. He is there and we must deal with him.... Continue Reading →

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