Books

Links for September, 2025

Current Things, Comics and Fantasy Books

Sep 30 •

Books: The Universal History of Numbers

From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer

Sep 13 •

Books: The Violent Gang

Sociopathy and Delusion in a New York Slum

May 15 •

Books: Appalachian Valley

Modernity comes to rural America

Jan 18 •

The Year in Books and Films

In lieu of the usual links roundup, I’ll close out the calendar year with a list of books and movies I consumed this past year.

Dec 24, 2024 •

Books: Geometrical Justice

The Death Penalty in America

Aug 25, 2024 •

Books: Feud (Part 2)

Law, partisanship, and violence in Appalachia

May 24, 2024 •

Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900

May 17, 2024 •

Books: The Origins of Woke

Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

Jan 12, 2024 •

Books: Race Riot

Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919

Nov 13, 2023 •

Books: Suicide, Inside and Out

A fake patient goes to the mental hospital

Sep 14, 2023 •

Books: Days of Rage (Part 2)

More on the violent radicals of the 70s.

Aug 12, 2023 •

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