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Getting Married at Bletchley Park

November 15, 2008

describes the procedures for having a wedding at the historic Bletchley Park, site of the World War Two code breaking team that cracked the Enigma codes.

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Sacred Destinations On My Itinerary

November 2, 2008

a review of sacred-destinations.com and its many uses and strengths for researching archaeological places and objects

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Ten Great Books That Will Change Your Life

October 26, 2008

Gives critical reviews & quick links to Guns of August, History of the American People, Collected Poems, Killer Angels, Sacred Willow, Left in Dark Times & more

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Recommended: Thomas Goltz, A Man Before His Technology

October 17, 2008

Strong review of Thomas Goltz’s Azerbaijan Diary and reflections on MSM culture and the way that independent journalism has liberated people like Goltz from that world.

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The Glory That Is Martin Gilbert

February 26, 2008

I have a lot of opinions about who the best biographer is (McCullough), who the best military history author is (Tuchman), and who the best U.S. history author is (Paul Johnson). However, no one, no one, really, no one, rivals the cartographic and editorial skills of Martin Gilbert. I read his Routledge World War I [...]

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