Books

Steven Pressfield’s latest work about art and writing is Turning Pro, which attempts to help turn your amateur art into a profession. The premise is great but the execution is… read more

I picked up this book after reading Quintus’s review. It’s about a Harvard man named Richard Henry Dana who takes a break from his studies to become a sailor for… read more

We think and feel differently because of what a little Greek town did during a century or two, twenty-four hundred years ago. What was then produced of art and of… read more

This is a novel set in the 1930s about a Southern politician named Willie Stark who rises from a minor local government post to become governor of the state. It’s… read more

In this book I would like to speak up for an ideal that is timeless but finds little accommodation today: manual competence, and the stance it entails towards the built,… read more

This is a historical fiction novel about Rafael Trujillo, powerful dictator of the Dominican Republic for thirty years, who singlehandedly brought his country into the 20th century with a rapid… read more

A Tale Of Two Cities is a historical fiction novel written in 1859 that takes place in England and France around 1776. It focuses on the plight of the poor… read more

A Greek mercenary army was paid by Cyrus, son of the late Xerxes, to campaign against provincial enemies. Once the army found out they were actually hired to fight against… read more

This is the latest from Robert Greene, who has brought us important works such as The 48 Laws Of Power, The Art Of Seduction, and The 50th Law. Written in… read more

This books describes what habits are, how they form, and how you can change them. It uses a variety of fascinating studies and stories to teach by example. Here’s what… read more