Wordsmoker Anthropology – Apparently the Covers Actually Matter
May 31, 2011 in Wordsmoker Anthropology
Last week, I decided that I needed to reread The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. In case you’ve never read William Shirer’s historic classic, it’s exactly what you think it is: 1500 pages describing in great detail the events of one of the most despicable epochs in human history. Whether or not you care for historical narratives, if you are an adult human being and the book is printed in your language, it’s well worth the investment. I don’t often reread books because I can’t possibly live long enough to get to all of the books that I want to, but I often cite this text and I feel that I should probably be more familiar with it. Read the rest of this entry →







