Eliora Guardian Angel – My journey From Leftism to Sanity by Melanie Phillips (Post Hill Press 2018) The author is a leading British journalist, broadcaster, and public commentator. In Guardian Angel, Phillips writes a short autobiographical memoir. A reader will get through the paperback quickly but may need to check out
Francis Forde P-hacking, HARKing, outcome switching, and Salami-slicing. Despite sounding like a list of manoeuvres to improve your sexual prowess, the research practices depicted by these terms paint a much less alluring picture. In his new book Science Fictions, Kings College lecturer Stuart Ritchie discusses the many shameful research practices
“The West,” as Gavin McInnes says. “Is the best.” That statement might trigger the wokesters, but, on almost any measure you can think of, it’s true. Human rights? A Western invention, dating back to at least John Locke. Women’s rights? Ditto. Gay rights? Tick, also. Science? Also a
Eliora With All Due Respect by Nikki R. Haley – 2019 I recommend this easy to read book. A family member told me she could not put it down and finished it in two sittings. It could be described as lightweight, but the interesting part in Haley’s book is finding
Francis Forde I was filled with equal parts excitement and disappointment upon receiving Thomas Sowell’s latest book Charter Schools and Their Enemies. Sowell is known for his dauntingly long ventures into historic migratory patterns, cultural differences, and economic problems. Although many of his books strain to five hundred pages,
Francis Forde Dear Professor Flynn I am contacting you in regard to your manuscript “In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor.” [We] believe that its publication, in particular in the United Kingdom, would raise serious concerns. By the nature of its subject matter, the work addresses sensitive topics
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I read a rich variety of books. One I bowled through recently was now 65-year-old San Francisco poetess Kim Addonizio’s “Bukowski In A Sundress”. I’m not a Bukowski fan as this uniquely American genre always strikes me as trying too hard to say
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One hour ago, Amazon deleted the book, China Virus. They banned it. You can see their terse e-mail below. Amazon has claimed that the book contradicts “official sources” of information about the virus. But Ezra Levant’s book does not give medical advice — it’s purely a discussion of Canada-China
Know Your Place by Golriz Ghahraman The story of a child refugee who faced her fears, found her home and accidentally made history When she was just nine, Golriz Ghahraman and her parents were forced to flee their home in Iran. After a terrifying and uncertain journey, they landed in
* Title: The Deserter * Author: Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille * Publisher: Simon & Schuster * ISBN: 9781501101762 (mass market) | ISBN 9781501101779 (ebook) * First Published: October 2019 I’ve just finished reading this thriller, The Deserter, by Nelson DeMille. I’ve read a few of his books, mainly the John Corey series, and
Claude Forthomme Senior Editor mpakter.com Book Reviews: The End of October by Lawrence Wright, published April 28, 2020, by Knopf (400 pages) ; The Cover Up by Oscar Sparrow, published September 19, 2019, by Gallo Romano Media (107 pages, free on coronavirus lockdown) These pandemic novels are unexpected for two
Fighting Temeraire * Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea * Author: Robert K. Massie * First Published: 2003 * Pages: 880 (Kindle Edition) This book by the American historian Robert K Massie is the story of the War at Sea during WW1. It is the
Some time ago I bought two books, both of which were part of the British Government’s Mass Observation Project. One was “The Diaries of Nella Last, Writing in War and Peace“. The second was Kathleen Hey’s “The View from the Corner Shop – The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop
Francis Forde Title: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Author: Douglas Murray Published: 2019 Pages: 288 Douglas Murray’s book The Madness of Crowds is a much-needed social commentary in this time of great unreason. Bearing the subtitle ‘gender, race, and identity’ his book undertakes some very heavy
Fighting Temeraire * Title A Game of Birds and Wolves The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War * Author Simon Parkin * Published 2019 * Pages 320 This is the story of WATU, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit. Led by a Captain RN who had been invalided out of the Navy with tuberculosis, and
