“Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World” by Paul Cartledge & “A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War” by Victor Davis Hanson Reviews by Richard Sheppard If you […]
“The Birth of the Modern” by Paul Johnson Review by Rich Sheppard Little-known Civil War-era story about ship Captain Nathaniel Gordon, who in 1862 became the only American to be executed for slave-trading. Excellent authorial […]
by Dick Acorn Editor’s note: the following is an email stream from Dick Acorn as the layoff went down. Eggshells Wednesday, 6/23, 11:25 am Like Grand Central over here – managers running around, people getting […]
“A Drinking Life: A Memoir” by Pete Hamill Review by Rich Sheppard Lacking in this autobiographical examination of a “life of drinking” is any sense of whether the writer changed or not. It seems he […]
“Downtown — My Manhattan” by Pete Hamill Review by Richard Sheppard For someone who wanders the streets of Manhattan in wonder, at the people, energy, and scale and beauty of its architecture, reading Pete Hamill’s […]
“Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan” By James Maguire Review by Richard Sheppard Mention Ed Sullivan in 2006 to anyone under 30, and they may, more likely may not, recall his two most […]
by Dick Acorn Some time ago, AGT (Applied Graphics Technologies) and APT, sister companies, were thinking of sharing 4 floors of offices at 28 West 23rd Street. In fact I think at one point, AGT […]
“Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq” by Stephen Kinzer Review by Richard Sheppard An informative if skewed summary of what the author almost universally describes as “unprovoked” American overseas adventures. From […]
Mr. Shuter, In view of recent events, could you kindly forward the attached resume to Ms. Naomi Campbell, who may apparently be looking for a new personal assistant. In addition to 15 years of […]
“Trafalgar: Countdown to Battle, 1803 – 1805” by Alan Schom Review by Rich Sheppard Curious about why the might of Napoleanic France could never bring England to her knees in the aborning years of the […]
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