February 29, 2012
IN THE MAIL: From David Weber, In Fire Forged: Worlds of Honor V.
IN THE MAIL: From David Weber, In Fire Forged: Worlds of Honor V.
IN THE MAIL: Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency After 9/11. From Jack Goldsmith, who’s always worth reading.
IN THE MAIL: From Sharon Lee, Carousel Tides.
IN THE MAIL: From Robert Kagan, The World America Made.
IN THE MAIL: Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life.
IN THE MAIL: From Tony Daniel, Guardian of Night. I’ve quite enjoyed his earlier books.
IN THE MAIL: The Crucible of Empire.
IN THE MAIL: From Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution. Recommended.
IN THE MAIL: From Mark Svartz, I Hate You, Kelly Donahue.
IN THE MAIL: From Ari H. Mendelson, Bias Incident: The World’s Most Politically Incorrect Novel — and it’s only 99 cents for the Kindle edition.
IN THE MAIL: Why Americans Hate the Media and How It Matters.
IN THE MAIL: From Elizabeth Price Foley, The Tea Party: Three Principles. Blurbed by George Will, Ron Paul, Randy Barnett, and me. Very much worth reading.
IN THE MAIL: From Stephen L. Pevar, The Rights of Indians and Tribes.
IN THE MAIL: Back to the Moon.
IN THE MAIL: From David Drake, Voyage Across the Stars.
IN THE MAIL: Golden Reflections.
IN THE MAIL: From Eric Maisel, Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental Health Labels and Create Personal Meaning.
IN THE MAIL: From Bob Zubrin, Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism.
IN THE MAIL: Cobra Gamble: Cobra War, Book III.
IN THE MAIL: From Tony Daniel, Guardian of Night. I’ve liked his previous work very much.
IN THE MAIL: From Eric Flint, Grantville Gazette VI (Ring of Fire).
IN THE MAIL: From Robert Heinlein, Sixth Column.
IN THE MAIL From Dave Wallace, The Master of Izindi.
IN THE MAIL: From Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.
IN THE MAIL: From Rebecca MacKinnon, Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom. Particularly timely in light of the SOPA battle.
UPDATE: Hiawatha Bray writes: “Just finished writing a review of it for the Globe. Quite good. Very sound in its understanding of threats to Internet freedom from the private and public sectors alike.”
IN THE MAIL: Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom.
IN THE MAIL:101 Things Every Man Should Know How to Do.
IN THE MAIL: Honor’s Paradox.
IN THE MAIL: From Roy M. Griffis, By the Hands of Men: The Old World.
IN THE MAIL: Amazon Avenger.
IN THE MAIL: From Mark Levin, Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America. It’s a followup to his bestseller Liberty and Tyranny, which in many ways kickstarted the Tea Party movement. I’ve read an advance copy, and it’s worth your time.
IN THE MAIL: Lightspeed: Year One.
IN THE MAIL: Jane Carver of Waar.
IN THE MAIL: From Charles J. Sykes, A Nation of Moochers: America’s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing.
IN THE MAIL: The Pillars of Hercules.
IN THE MAIL: From Eric Flint, Worlds.
IN THE MAIL: Captain Flandry (The Technic Civilization Saga). As I recall, Flandry thought that the best place to live was in a society that was experiencing the early stages of decadence.
IN THE MAIL: Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric, now on audiobook.
IN THE MAIL: From James P. O’Shaughnessy, What Works on Wall Street, Fourth Edition: The Classic Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time.
IN THE MAIL: From David Barker, Welcome To Free America.
IN THE MAIL: From Harry Dolan, Very Bad Men.
IN THE MAIL: From Melanie Phillips, The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power.
IN THE MAIL: From Robert Conroy, Himmler’s War.
IN THE MAIL: Galactic Courier: The John Grimes Saga. I love A. Bertram Chandler, and I’m glad the Grimes books are still in print.
IN THE MAIL: Hell on High: Devil’s Point: Book 3.
IN THE MAIL: A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Completely Revised and Updated).
UPDATE: Reader Kenneth Scislaw writes: “Burton Malkiel’s book should be #1 on any finance student’s required reading list. It remains a strong voice of investment sanity.” Yeah, I’ve always been a fan.
IN THE MAIL: From O’Reilly Media, MAKE Magazine: Technology on Your Time.
IN THE MAIL: From Robert E. Wilhelm III, All the Iron Men: Welcome to Heaven Boys, We’ve Already Served Our Time in Hell…
IN THE MAIL: From Richard A. Epstein, Why Progressive Institutions are Unsustainable.
IN THE MAIL: Knock ‘em Dead 2012: The Ultimate Job Search Guide.
IN THE MAIL: From Michael and Mary Eades, Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health–in Just Weeks! and The Protein Power Lifeplan.
UPDATE: Reader Travis Corcoran writes:
Re: the book Protein Power: I bought that book a few years ago. Since then I’ve become an excellent cook, eat three large meals per day…and have lost 110 lbs.
HIGHLY recommended.
Feel free to post this endorsement from a disinterested third party.
Done. The high-protein, low-carb approach works best, in my experience.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Judith Sears writes: “I need recipes – not persuasion regarding the high protein/low carb eating plans. Any cookbooks you’d recommend that are high protein/low carb – or, better yet, websites that feature such recipes? Maybe your other readers know some books or sites they’d recommend…”
IN THE MAIL: The Sorceress of Karres.
IN THE MAIL: From Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Alpha.
IN THE MAIL: From John Hornor Jacobs, Southern Gods.
IN THE MAIL: From J. Wesley Bush, Knox’s Irregulars.
IN THE MAIL: From Stephen Hunter, Soft Target: A Thriller. Love him, and his books.
AT AMAZON, a one-day sale on DEWALT’s hammer drill kit with accessory set. Looks like a pretty good deal.
IN THE MAIL: From Michael and Mary Eades, The 6-Week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle: The Simple Plan to Flatten Your Belly Fast.
IN THE MAIL: When Life Strikes: Weathering Financial Storms.
IN THE MAIL: From Richard Cox, Thomas World.
IN THE MAIL: From Teresa Frohock, Miserere: An Autumn Tale.
IN THE MAIL: From Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength, 3rd edition.
IN THE MAIL: Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!
IN THE MAIL: Losers in Space.
IN THE MAIL: The Settlers of Catan.
IN THE MAIL: From Thomas S. Roache, The Panama Laugh.
IN THE MAIL: From Peter Schweizer, Throw Them All Out.
IN THE MAIL: From Michael Z. Williamson, Do Unto Others.
THE NEW KINDLE TOUCH IS NOW SHIPPING. Note that you could buy a Touch, and a Kindle Fire, and a Kindle Keyboard, and still spend less than the price of an iPad.