Featured Reviews

The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.: A Novel (1981) - George Steiner  (Grade:C+)

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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (1969) - Simon Wiesenthal  (Grade:B+)

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Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1778) - Jean Jacques Rousseau  (Grade:F)

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Compulsion (1956) - Meyer Levin  (Grade:B-)

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The American Cause (1957) - Russell Kirk  (Grade:A)

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The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) - Herbert Butterfield  (Grade:A)

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AUTHOR SUBMISSIONS:
Benjamin Franklin (2002) - Edmund S. Morgan  (Grade:A)

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The Beach (1997) - Alex Garland  (Grade:C+)

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The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again (2002) - Caleb Carr  (Grade:C-)

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Shakespeare's Language (2000) - Frank Kermode  (Grade:A-)

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Barabbas (1951) - Par Lagerkvist  (Grade:A+)

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Prometheus Bound (460 BC) - Aeschylus  (Grade:A+)

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Paul Auster's City of Glass : A Graphic Mystery (1994) - Paul Auster  (Grade:A)

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Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir (1997) - Doris Kearns Goodwin  (Grade:B+)

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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Metropolitian (1990) - Whit Stillman  (Grade:A+)

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Zodiac (2007) - David Fincher  (Grade:A+)

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The Passion () - Mel Gibson  (Grade:B)

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MOVIE REVIEW:
Amélie [Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain] (2001) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet  (Grade:B+)

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Brothers Judd Daily

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05/08/24:

Happy Birthday to Jenna Walter (May 8)

Romain Gary (1914-80) was born in Vilnius, Lithuania on May 8, 1914. Read Orrin's review of The Roots of Heaven (1956) (Grade: A+)

Harry S Truman (1884-1972), our most overrated president, was born in Lamar, MO on May 8, 1884. Read Orrin's review of Truman (1992)(David McCullough 1933-) (Grade: B)

Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) was born in Vienna, Austria on May 8, 1899. Read Orrin's review of The Road to Serfdom (1944)(Grade: A+)

It's the anniversary of V-E DAY, May 8, 1945, "Victory in Europe."

Thomas Pynchon (1937-) was born in Glen Cove, Long Island on May 8, 1937.

Both Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) were born on May 7. Brahms in Hamburg, Germany in 1833. Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk, Russia in 1840.

Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, WI on May 6, 1915. He was just 26 when his masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941) was released. It is widely acknowledged to be the greatest movie ever made.

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was born on May 5, 1846. Read Orrin's review of Quo Vadis? (1896)(Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846-1916)(translated by W. S. Kuniczak)(Grade: A+)

Graham Swift (1949-) was born in London, ENG on May 4, 1949. Brothers Judd recommends his terrific novel Waterland

David Gutterson (1956-) was born in Seattle, WA on May 4, 1956. Read Orrin's review of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994) (Grade: C-)

John Collier (1901-80) was born in London, ENG on May 3, 1901. Read Orrin's review of Fancies and Goodnights (1951).

Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, WA on May 2, 1903. In addition to selling 300 million records, he won a Best Actor Oscar for Going My Way.

The King James Bible was published on May 2, 1611. Perhaps only Shakespeare has had a greater influence on the English language.

Happy Birthday to Sue Herzog (May 1)

Ignazio Silone [Secondo Tranquilli] (1900-78) was born in Pescina, Italy on May 1, 1900. Read Orrin's review of Fontamara (1933)

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852) was born on May 1, 1769. He is best remembered for winning the Peninsular campaign & defeating Napoleonat Waterloo. We recommend Christopher Hibbert's excellent one-volume biography Wellington: A Personal History and Alan Schom's delightfully harsh Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life.

Joseph Heller (1923-2000) was born in Brooklyn, NY on May 1, 1923. Read Orrin's review of Catch-22(Grade: A)

Annie Dillard (1945-) was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 30, 1945. Read Orrin's review of Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek (1974)(Grade: A)

Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, TX on April 30, 1933. Try one of his Greatest Hits collections.