Two things happened at roughly the same time this year: I brought three boxes of books to the used bookshop and ended up with a bunch of store credit. The used bookshop took in a portion of the collection of a professor emerita of history who had recently passed away. Needless to say that over … Continue reading Medieval History Book Haul
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StoryGraph Saturday: The Tigress of Forlí
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Tigress of Forlí
StoryGraph Saturday: African Europeans
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you in case you might find it interesting, too. African Europeans: An Untold Historyby Olivette OtéléNonfiction/History304 pagesFirst published in 2019 … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: African Europeans
Book Review: The Bookseller of Florence
The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissanceby Ross KingNonfiction/History496 pagesExpected publication date: April 13, 2021, by Atlantic Monthly Press The rare book trade is not unique to the modern era. It has, in fact, been a staple of society since there were books to trade, whether said books were … Continue reading Book Review: The Bookseller of Florence
Book Review: The Women I Think About at Night
The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of my HeroesBy Mia Kankimäki, translated from the Finnish by Douglas RobinsonMemoir/History416 pagesPublished November 10, 2020, by Simon & Schuster Forty-something Mia Kankimäki doesn't have children or a fulfilling job. But she does have a collection of what she calls her 'Night Women', women from … Continue reading Book Review: The Women I Think About at Night
Goodreads Monday: Alaric the Goth
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s been hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, but I’m not sure if that blog is active anymore. Please enjoy this preview of what I want to read in the future! … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Alaric the Goth
Tudor Tuesday: The Thing About History
Welcome to Tudor Tuesday, an occasional blog series where I'll dive into the ocean that is the history of England's Tudor Dynasty, which ruled from 1485-1603. It's my favorite historical period, filled with dynamic people and events that prove that truth is stranger than fiction. I won't be writing one of these every week, because … Continue reading Tudor Tuesday: The Thing About History
Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson Nonfiction/History 384 pages Published March 2019 by Harper From Goodreads: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Book Review: Labyrinth of Ice
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy History 400 pages Expected publication: December 3, 2019, from St. Martin's Press Though we know now what the North Pole is like and have maps that show the shifting-- and melting-- polar ice caps in high resolution, we didn't always know … Continue reading Book Review: Labyrinth of Ice
Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. Laughing Shall I die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey 368 pages Nonfiction Published in July, 2018 by Reaktion Books From Goodreads: Laughing Shall I … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Laughing Shall I Die
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