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The Zimmerman Telegram – Barbara Tuchman (1958)

The Zimmerman Telegram by Barbara Tuchman

January 28, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Because this is a narrative history (as are pretty much all of Tuchman’s) part of the job of the review, as I see it, is to separate the history itself from the telling of that history. Here, Tuchman gives a much more detailed accounting of the Zimmerman Telegram (Note), which for most American, exists as either a figurative footnote or a literal blurb in their high school American history classes. So the story here mostly revolves around a few key themes: cryptography — what is […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: barbara tuchman, the zimmerman telegram

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:43 · Genres: History · Tags: barbara tuchman, the zimmerman telegram ·
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Winning Arguments – Stanley Fish (2016)

Winning Arguments by Stanley Fish

January 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

As pretty much every other review of this book says, it’s not about winning arguments. Who knows who decided on that title, because it’s not what this book contains. Instead it’s a descriptive book. And I mean this in the sense of descriptive versus prescriptive language, an idea that I probably apply too liberally to various concepts based on whether something seeks to draw a large circle around something, and then explain what that circle contains, or whether someone wishes to write out what a […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Stanley Fish, winning arguments

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Stanley Fish, winning arguments ·
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Wizard and Glass – Stephen King (1997)

Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

January 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Another reread from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. I think this is the best of the whole series (which means it’s a bit of a shame getting to it, knowing it marks the height as far as I am concerned. It will be interested if the pull I felt to complete the narrative initially is still here, now I’ve gotten this far). More than anything, this book delivers on the promise of the Gunslinger in a way that none of the others do. That […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Stephen King, wizard and glass

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:41 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Stephen King, wizard and glass ·
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A Glastonbury Romance – John Cowper Powys (1932)

A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys

January 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

In so many ways this book is just a real hot mess. It’s 1100 pages long and it folds in so many different parts of British literature: westcountry life, small towns, the return of a kind of prodigal son, community gossip, intrigue, gossip, sex, affairs, Celtic mysticism, druidic shamanism, King Arthur legends, and the long pull of history. As an American, we’re often told and reminded of how relatively young our country is, and while this is true, that’s entirely built on a myth of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a glastonbury romance, John Cowper Powys

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a glastonbury romance, John Cowper Powys ·
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Crowds an Power – Elias Canetti (1960)

Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti

January 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Sometimes this book seems so right and so intuitive and intelligent, and sometimes it seems goofy as hell and completely arbitrary, unserious, and light. This is a kind of grand theory on “crowds” and “power” as you can imagine, and how they relate. And while Elias Canetti is a quite thought-provoking writer in so many ways, this book is split down the middle on that original characterization I give it above. So what is it? Essentially is a kind of philosophical text that seeks to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: crowds and power, Elias Canetti

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: crowds and power, Elias Canetti ·
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That Old Cape Magic – Richard Russo (2009)

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

January 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I can’t tell if this is intention or not, and he wrote a few novels and books in between, but the ways that this book feels like a retread (and significantly less good one) of Straight Man, his novel from ten years earlier (and just so happens to be a book I read only a week ago) lessens this book. In some ways, there’s something about this book that’s really appealing. The cover, the lettering in the title, the title itself, all give this book […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Richard Russo, that old cape magic

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Richard Russo, that old cape magic ·
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