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Monthly Archives: October 2007

The Afghan Campaign

Monday, October 15, 2007

As usual, Steven Pressfield has produced a book that takes you back into the far reaches of Greek history…although not quite as far as in some of his other works. As the title suggests, this one is about Alexander’s campaign in Afghanistan in 329 B.C., told from the perspective of a foot-soldier in his army. [...]

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Ordinary Heroes

Monday, October 8, 2007

I hesitate to write about this book, mainly because Scott Turow’s powers as a novelist far exceed mine as a reviewer. He seems to have been born full-blown, as it were; Presumed Innocent was as complex and satisfying as anything that’s come since. Unlike, say, C. S. Friedman, however, all of his subsequent works have [...]

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