The Angel of the Revolution by George Griffit...

Candide by Voltaire audiobook. Genre: philosophy Candide follows a young man raised to believe that he lives in the best of all possible worlds. Taught by his devoted tutor Pangloss to trust in a cheerful philosophy of universal good, Candide begins life innocent, hopeful, and ce ...  Show more

The Northward Course of Empire by Vilhjalmur Stefansson audiobook. Genre: history In The Northward Course of Empire, Arctic explorer and writer Vilhjalmur Stefansson challenges familiar ideas about the far north and argues that northern lands are not barren margins of civilizatio ...  Show more

The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War (Bombardier Books, 2020) is a riveting book of infantry ground combat. As a work of fiction it is superb, showing the personal drama, drives and experiences of regular Marines combined with the high ambitions and political maneuver ...  Show more

By any measure, the ancient Chinese military treatise The Art of War has had an astonishing literary history, proving itself over two and a half millennia to be one of the world's most essential and enduring books. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the life and legacy of thi ...  Show more

Historical fiction is the genre this week, and it centers around a lesser WWII phenomenon. During the Blitz, many British families sent their children abroad to live with families in Canada or the United States to keep them safe until the war was over. Beyond That, the Sea by deb ...  Show more

Fearless and fiercely intelligent, the nineteenth-century American feminist Margaret Fuller was "the radiant genius and fiery heart" of the Transcendentalists, the group of New Englanders who helped launch a fledgling nation onto the world's cultural and literary stage. In this e ...  Show more