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The Conservative Mind, by Russell Kirk
A Micro-Review/Essay
The End of Christendom, by Malcolm Muggeridge
That guy trying to eat your brains? He didn’t survive the zombie attack.
William Bonner and Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: A Micro-Review
Bonner is either the most frustrating or most entertaining non-fiction writer I’ve ran across. He loves anecdotes and detours. He loves making a larger point by illustrating with an even larger story. At times, I want to scream, “Get to the point!” At other times, I’m saying, “Take
The Restoration of Christian Culture, by John Senior
A Micro-Review/Essay
Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming
From the New York Times
The Violent Bear It Away, by Flannery O'Connor
A Micro-Review/Essay
Every Town has a Story Worth Saving: A Review of Hello, Bookstore
Is there another art form as dependent on chance as the documentary film? In 2019, director A.B. Zax set out to capture the story of the appropriately-if-unimaginatively-named The Bookstore, a fixture of Lenox, Massachusetts owned and operated by its proprietor Matthew Tannenbaum since 1976. With the arrival of COVID-19
The Silence of St. Thomas, by Josef Pieper
A Micro-Review/Essay
Great Books Podcast Episode
Roosevelt Montás on Rescuing Socrates - EconlibHow do books change our lives? Educator and author Roosevelt Montás of Columbia University talks about his book Rescuing Socrates with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on his own educational and life journey, Montás shows how great books don’t just teach us stuff–