“Please tell the chef to go easy on the garum.” If you want to read the joke to which this is the punchline you will have to read this book. But I’ll give you a clue, it is told by Julius Caesar and the butt is Cato. Alex Johnston scores once again with his novella […]
Book Review: Augustus by John Williams
October 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
John Williams’ Augustus is an epistolary novel-that is, a work composed of letters and memoires. Some of the letters are taken from actual correspondence by historical figures of the time, such as Cicero and Maecenas, and others are complete inventions of the author, speculating on what the character would have written if given the chance. […]
Book Review: The Stupidparty, Math vs Myth by Patrick M. Andendall
October 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I have long believed that the Republican Party is an unholy alliance between the greedy and the stupid. The author of Stupidparty, Math vs Myth, has the same concept, only he terms the greedy “benefactors” or “asset strippers,” and the stupid “disciples of the Stupidparty.” Stupidparty is Mr. Andendall’s term for today’s Republican Party. Mr. […]
The Book of Joshua
October 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
One of the most disturbing parts of the Old Testament is the Book of Joshua. It is the story of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites led by Joshua son of Nun around 1400 B.C. The topic is timely given the religious violence we see in the world today, and I plan to write […]
New Review of The Death of Carthage by Marcus Metius, AKA Alex Johnston
July 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
http://www.unrv.com/book-review/the-death-of-carthage.php The Death of Carthage by Robin E. Levin Book Review by MarcusMettius Good historical fiction is a two-fer. You can get the facts by reading Polybius and Livy. But you need a Robin Levin to introduce you to Marcus Nemo Nemonides (Marcus Nobody, son of Nobody) – I just love that name! Yep – […]
Leonidas of Sparta, A Heroic King
July 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Leonidas of Sparta, A Heroic King, is the third of three novels by Helena Shrader on the life of Leonidas. The first, Leonidas, Boy of the Agoge portrayed the childhood and youth of the Agiad Prince as he is educated in Spartan fashion in the Agoge. The second book, Leonidas a Peerless Peer, tells of […]
Book Review: Leaving the Quiet Room: My Rise From Religious Slavery to Atheism by Joe Zamecki
June 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I heard it said “Give me a child for the first six years of his education and I’ll mold him so that he’ll be a Catholic the rest of his life.” As Joe Zamecki can attest, it doesn’t always work that way. So how did Holy Ghost Catholic School ultimately fail in their mission? I […]
Book Review: Caesar’s Daughter-Julia’s song
June 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“It was a paranoid time in the City. Politicians were more concerned with denying glory to their rivals than with solving problems. Everybody was stabbing everybody in the back. There was no legitimate economy-it was characterized by exploitation and unsustainable debt. Discontent among the masses was rising-there were high levels of unemployment, and great resentment […]
Book Review: A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
June 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
It is very rare in our modern political system to find a politician or either party who isn’t thoroughly beholden to moneyed interests and who actually fights for the interests of the poor and middle class. Elizabeth Warren is just such a politician. In A Fighting Chance, Warren tell the story of her life, her […]
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