7 Must-Read Historical Novels
- BOOK LISTS, BOOKS & HISTORY
- April 25, 2025
Editor’s Note: The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes by Andrew Pessin is now available here. Ours is a life that is entirely out of our control. Lots of things determine what choices we make: hunches, personality, our beliefs and desires, the laws of nature, etc. And it turns out we don’t control any of
READ MOREEditor’s Note: The Autobiography of Satan (Authorized Edition) by William A. Glasser is available here. Do you understand what I am saying here? Throughout your life, you have been sensing the physical matter, the molecular motions, and the photons that have touched your surface. They have all stimulated neural currents within you that were sent
READ MOREThese 10 fiction and non-fiction books about mining accidents and disasters offer a glimpse into the dark and often dangerous lives of miners and mineworkers. 1. Fire and Brimstone by Michael Punke “The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, when fire broke out in
READ MOREEditor’s Note: The Autobiography of Satan (Authorized Edition) by William A. Glasser is available here. Stand outside during a pleasant evening and look up into the star‑filled sky. If your body is sound and your mind is free of troubling thoughts, what you see above you is an awesome sight, a universe of endless depth
READ MOREEditor’s Note: The Autobiography of Satan (Authorized Edition) by William A. Glasser is available here. Did you really not notice what I was doing? I have been tugging at two particular threads that run through the fabric of human existence. One thread has a multitude of knots in it that are tied to all those
READ MOREEditor’s Note: These 5 real characters (and suspects!) appear in Andrew Pessin’s historical murder mystery The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes. Click here to order your copy. 1. Sweden’s Queen Christina (1626-89) Her Majesty invited Descartes to Sweden to become her “Court Philosopher,” and shortly thereafter he was dead. Considering that she was the
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