Author Amor Towles visited Moscow in 1998. At that point, the Metropol Hotel was nearly celebrating its 100th anniversary. Opening in 1905, it joined the ranks of other leading grand hotels of its era like the Waldorf Astoria in New York, Claridge’s in London, and the Ritz in Paris. All of these hotel siblings shared…
Book Review: ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Wecome to Hotel Metropol and a Noble Soul
Book Review: ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Welcome to Hotel Metropol and a Noble Soul
Author Amor Towles visited Moscow in 1998. At that point, the Metropol Hotel was nearly celebrating its 100th anniversary. Opening in 1905, it joined the ranks of other leading grand hotels of its era like the Waldorf Astoria in New York, Claridge’s in London, and the Ritz in Paris. All of these hotel siblings shared…
Navy Removes Controversial Books From Sailors Reading List
May 9, 2022
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The U.S. Navy has removed certain books from its recommended reading list that were accused of containing “anti-American” or “Marxist” content last year. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday released on May 6 an updated version of the Professional Reading Program (CNO-PRP), which includes a list of recommended books as part of the Navy’s…
4 Riveting Reads to Help Your Child Understand Communism’s Evils
With the American Library Association’s recent announcement of a Marxist as its next president, there’s never been a better time to hunker down and educate your children on the evils of communism. While there’s a wealth of exceptional non-fiction works (meant for adults) taking communism to task, there remains much less out there for young readers….
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for May 6–12
This week’s selection of books features a novel about U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a children’s classic, and a collection of wild science experiments. Fiction Soldier Up and Drive On ‘The Princes of War: A Novel of America in Iraq’ By Claude Schmid The setting is Iraq. It’s hot inside those Humvees. Two U.S. Army officers…
Book Review: ‘The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage and Moderation’
May 5, 2022
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Daniel J. Mahoney has written a timely book. As the American public on both ends of the political spectrum seem to be weary of politicians’ wayward rhetoric and actions, Mahoney has given readers, and hopefully present and future politicians, a recollection of honorable statesmen of the past three centuries. “The Statesman as Thinker” reads like…
How Henry Thoreau’s Experience Living Alone in Nature Inspired Some of His Greatest Writings
Henry David Thoreau accomplished a great deal in his short but busy life as a philosopher, activist, and naturalist. His profound influence as the grandfather of environmentalism and nonviolent resistance movements is difficult to overstate. As if this were not enough, he even improved the quality of pencils by innovating a method of binding graphite…
Marxism and Our Libraries: Where Do We Go From Here?
With an announcement that may very well have real repercussions for parents and children across the United States, the country’s oldest and largest library association—with over 57,000 members—has made it official: The American Library Association’s new president is an avowed Marxist. In a tweet that broke the news, Emily Drabinski, the ALA’s new president-elect, declared:…
How to Become a Hero, in 10 Simple Steps
This is the book I wish someone had given me when I was 16. Or 20. Or 25. Or anytime. William H. McRaven’s “The Hero Code” is a fantastic distillation of what it takes to be a hero—or better yet, a good person. It’s a treatise on timeless virtues, but every bit applicable to our…
Book Review: ‘The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic’
Immense cruelty was the order of the day for much of the 20th century, especially in parts of Europe and the East through fascism and communism. Among the many dictators known throughout that bloody century, none are more notable, nor bloody, than Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. Photographic postcard of Anna Pavlova, prima ballerina of…
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