» by Paul September 26th, 2008 at 12:31 pm » Comments (0)

I collect limited editions. I think that many collectors, including myself tend to be distracted by the over-valuation of limited editions in a collection. We are attracted to the ...more »

» by Paul September 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am » Comments (0)

Carl Zimmer is one of those rare journalists that gets the science correct and writes a damn good book (or article).  Science writers have a difficult job.  They need to ...more »

» by Paul September 24th, 2008 at 2:05 pm » Comments (0)

Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto This book was tucked away in the back of one of the drawers of my nightstand and I missed adding it to ...more »

» by Paul September 24th, 2008 at 10:47 am » Comments (1)

As a follow up to the other day's post:“A republic, if you can keep it.” I am going to discuss a few excellent books that run the time frame of ...more »

» by Paul September 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am » Comments (1)

I am currently moving through my overstocked nightstand.  I have noticed an overall trend about these specific books;  I am about half-way to almost finished with all of them.  How ...more »

» by Paul September 12th, 2008 at 12:10 pm » Comments (1)

I posted that I was going to be tackling all my books that have accumulated on my nightstand before I begin to grab new ones off my bookshelves. This ...more »

» by Paul September 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am » Comments (1)

As you can see I wrote a review of Follies of the Wise by Frederick Crews. This book took me a pretty long time to read. Not because ...more »

» by Paul September 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 am » Comments (1)

I came across Frederick Crews's book Follies of the Wise from a review from Skeptic Magazine. The review intrigued me and not knowing much about Crews nor his reputation among ...more »