The Girl at the Lion d’Or…book review

by Richard Subber | Feb 19, 2026 | Book reviews, Books, Human Nature, Joys of reading, Language | 0 Comments

Sebastian Faulks is tenaciously literate, richly Gallic…

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The Birthday Party and The Room…by Harold Pinter

by Richard Subber | Feb 15, 2026 | Book reviews, Books, Theater and play reviews | 0 Comments

not much here

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A Shropshire Lad…book review

by Richard Subber | Feb 3, 2026 | Book reviews, Books, Poetry, Reviews of other poets | 0 Comments

A. E. Houseman, well, there’s rhyming…

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We Were Soldiers Once…and Young

by Richard Subber | Jan 29, 2026 | American history, Book reviews, Books, History, Reflections, World history | 0 Comments

…too much death (book review)

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The Anxious Generation…book review

by Richard Subber | Jan 22, 2026 | Book reviews, Books, Human Nature | 0 Comments

just say no

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Twice-Told Tales…book review

by Richard Subber | Jan 18, 2026 | Book reviews, Books | 0 Comments

…baubles of memory from Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History

by Richard Subber | Jan 4, 2026 | Book reviews, Books, History, Human Nature | 0 Comments

…humans and their faith, by Rodney Stark (book review)

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Golden Tales of New England…book review

by Richard Subber | Dec 25, 2025 | American history, Book reviews, Books, Joys of reading, Language | 0 Comments

Some feel-good stories of the 19th century…

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This America…by Jill Lepore, book review

by Richard Subber | Dec 21, 2025 | American history, Book reviews, Books, Democracy, History, Politics, Power and inequality | 0 Comments

The Case for the Nation

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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written…book review

by Richard Subber | Dec 16, 2025 | American history, Book reviews, Books, History, Language, Revolutionary War | 0 Comments

it didn’t come easy

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