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Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…
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The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War Benjamin Carter Hett Henry Holt (August 2020) How and why the Second World War emerged out of “a shocking new world” According to Benjamin Carter Hett, Italy, Germany,…
Read MoreViva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bret Stephens for The New York Times. He recommends, in this season of giving, that we get (and give) Andrew Roberts’s brilliant new biography. To read the complete article, check out…
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Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…
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There are many excellent films that focus on England’s struggle for survival during World War Two and one of the best of them is The Imitation Game (2014), starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. He and his team eventually “broke”…
Read MoreThe Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace David Woolner Basic Books (December 2017) At long last, a much more complete “intimate view of FDR’s last months” Consider what was accomplished under Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s leadership during the…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Erik Sass for the Mental Floss Studios website. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images * * * [amazon_link asins=’0062792148,B07444VZ63,0571336256′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’bobmorris1-20′ marketplace=’US’…
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The Magnetic Leader: How Irresistible Leaders Attract Employees, Customers, and Profits Roberta Chinsky Matuson Bibliomorion (March 2017) Why some people attract and retain followers but most don’t Opinions are divided about the importance of charisma to effective leadership. My own…
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Here are thought-provoking observations
Here are some quotations from a wide variety of sources. They have nothing in common in terms of subject matter but all help us to understand human nature, even if only a little bit better. “A man may do an…
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