Just finished:
Last Places: A Journey in the North, by Lawrence Millman
Witty adventure travel, more literary and more pretentious than Cahill. Three stars
@voicereason05 When Bernie sees something of value, his first thought is how to seize it. If there’s a substantial difference between him and a plain thug, I don’t know what it is.
Just completed with my daughter:
The Acharnians, by Aristophanes
Comedy hasn’t changed much in 2400 years. Fart jokes, sex jokes, jibes at current politicians. I just wish I got all the references. Four stars
Just completed:
The Story of Civilization, Vol. 4: The Age of Faith, by Will Durant.
To read Durant is to sit at the feet of a scholar of almost superhuman erudition – and a writer of superlative skill. A masterpiece. Five stars