Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Holocaust tales abound in books and film alike. There's no end to the gripping stories torn from diaries, the recollections of aging survivors, or the imaginations of talented novelists. Amazon alone lists more than 10,000 books on...
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of the more prolific and successful science fiction authors of the twenty-first century. And the voters at the World Science Fiction Convention confirmed his status as one of the best when they granted his...
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Kwei Quartey is a practicing physician with the mind and eye of an anthropologist. In two series of detective novels set in his native Ghana, he portrays crime investigations against the backdrop of Ghana's rich ancient culture and...
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Stories of the French Resistance crowd library shelves. They're among the most popular books about World War II. But many give a misleading picture of reality. Only about 500,000 French men and women worked for the Resistance during...
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Over the past fourteen years, since I began posting book reviews, I’ve read and reviewed more than 450 mysteries and thrillers. A fair number are set in Asia, principally (but not exclusively) in India or China. Some, of course, are standalone efforts. But most are...
Over the past decade, I’ve read and reviewed more than 150 espionage novels (not counting a great many more I never finished). My 15 favorites—well, make that 16: I couldn't choose—are listed immediately below. Though my preliminary list included multiple titles by...
What can history teach us? We know, of course, that history doesn't repeat itself, at least never exactly. But some, perhaps nearly all, of the most successful leaders of the past were ardent students of history. Surely, they learned something from their predecessors,...
Estimated reading time: 26 minutes In the 19th century, as the nations of Europe rushed to grab ever-larger expanses of territory there, Africa was known as the Dark Continent. That label is still apt, but not for the same reason. Everywhere else—Europe, Asia, the...
If you've been reading my reviews for very long, you're aware that the World War II era holds special fascination for me. This might have something to do with the fact that I was born then—in fact, about six months before the USA entered the war. Or maybe it's just...
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The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Science Fiction Monday includes my latest SF book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
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The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.