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SPQR XII: Oracle of the Dead (The SPQR Roman Mysteries)
John Maddox Roberts
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
Decius Caecilius Metellus, this year's magistrate for cases involving foreigners, is living the good life in southern Italy, happy to be away from Rome, a city suffering war jitters over Caesar's impending actions. He thinks he is merely visiting one of the local sights when he takes a party to visit the Oracle of the Dead, a pre-Roman cult site ...
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Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel
Eugene H. Merrill
Baker Academic, 2008
Atop the Stronghold (Proverbs 21:22)
Merrill's work is certainly well-done. Although the work is obviously scholarly, the reader is not lost in a morass of technical jargon. Footnotes are generoulsy sprinkled at the bottom of every page and Merrill is always careful to include a reference to the work of ...
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Monkey: A Journey to the West
David Kherdian
Shambhala, 2005
Introduction to Buddhist/Taoist Folk Tales
I have never read the whole series of books so I cannot comment on these. I was, however, reasonably impressed with this shortened version. It at least got some of the flavor of the tale of Monkey (read "monkey brain"), who is always impetuous, hot-tempered and ...
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Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial ...
Jamie Whyte
McGraw-Hill, 2004
Better logic can be fun
This book is a gem!
As a retired professor, I am disappointed that so many universities no longer require such rigorous and unpopular courses as Logic, Economics, and Political Science. We see the results on election day.
Anyone who forms opinions or builds decisions ...
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The Prestige
Christopher Priest
Tor Books, 2006
Enchanting!
This is an amazing story filled with all the suspense and intrigue you've come to expect from modern thrillers and even more. Priest creates two believable characters and sets them afloat in a self-inflicted storm of revenge and regret. Borden and Angier grab you by ...
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I Shall Not Want: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)
Julia Spencer-Fleming
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
"I Shall Not Want"
I Shall Not Want: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)My understanding is that this is the penultimate book in the series. I hope that is not the case. I do enjoy reading about the adventures of The Reverend ...
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Logic: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Graham Priest
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
It'll make your brain hurt......but it's a good hurt!
I've never studied logic before so this seemed like a good place to start. I don't know how you could possibly get more information into a little book this size! It's possibly the best value in a book that I've ever seen. If there's anything else to the field of ...
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The Diary of a Country Priest: A Novel
Georges Bernanos
Da Capo Press, 2002
required reading for the religious
Last year marked the 70th anniversary of Bernanos's powerful tale of a young and earnest parish priest in rural France who feels that he is a total failure. From a merely human perspective he is not mistaken. As is fitting, we never learn his name. The entire novel is ...
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Inverted World (New York Review Books Classics)
Christopher Priest
NYRB Classics, 2008
Among the best novels in the genre!
This book is listed among David Pringle's top 100 sci-fi novels, and deservedly so. The story immediately captivates, as Priest introduces us to the large moving vehicle-structure called "city Earth". The vehicle is continuosly moved upon rails, through a series of ...
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The Gift of Peace
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Image, 1998
A PURE, GENTLE, SAINTLY VOICE WHICH LEFT US THIS EVERLASTING GIFT OF PEACE, FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION WE NOW SO BADLY NEED
Those of us losing our eyesight and who love to read often turn to the audiobook. It is like having a wonderful text read to us at bedtime as we listen on levels spiritual and psychological unreached by silent reading. Please notice the audiobook of this present ...
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The Seville Communion
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Harvest Books, 2004
Eucharistic Detective Story with a Keystone Cops Flair
Ten years after its initial English Language publication, I've finally read "The Seville Communion," and I apologize to Arturo Perez-Reverte for having ignored it all these years! It's one of his best and best-written stories. Kudos to Sonia Soto, translator, as her ...
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Priest: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)
Ken Bruen
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
Irish Noir
There is no joy for Jack Taylor. This book is like a train wreck. A glorious , noir train wreck that you wouldn't look away from even if you could. The running dialog inside Jacks head is a fascinating window into the mind of a man that reads voraciously out of a ...
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The Senator and the Priest (Washington D.C.)
Andrew M. Greeley
Forge Books, 2006
greeley"s fan
Greeley has to be a very good writer to risk publishing such a novel. Angels ! Do you figure ?
I loved it. I read it once each year since publication.
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An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us
James Carroll
Mariner Books, 1997
A powerful work
This is a rare, beautifully written personal memoir of a most unusual family in the Vietnam war. The author was a prominent anti-war priest: his father was Lieutenant General Joseph Carroll, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Highly recommended.
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The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang
Sally Wriggins
Basic Books, 2003
All you need and want to know on Xuanzang
This is the revised edition of the Author's previous "Xuanzang: a Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road" of 1996. The book received excellent reviews but a few flaws were picked up. Wriggins has corrected most of these drawbacks in this 2004 edition that has slightly ...
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