TweetDon’t Be A Knocker Knocking is one of the easiest things in the world to do. It only takes a thimblefull of brains. And it is the cheapest and easiest way to attract attention. But it is a mighty expensive amusement. Everybody hates a knocker. No man ever got very high by pulling other people [...]
TweetMy advice is: Marry a man who is a fortune in himself. Houses, lands, and large inheritance are well enough, but the wheel of fortune turns so rapidly that through some investment all these in a few years may be gone. There are some things, however, which are a perpetual fortune—good manners, geniality of soul, [...]
TweetHere’s another book review by a friend: Jane Jacobs, renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, tackles a variety of modern, western societal issues in her book Dark Age Ahead. The book aims to warn readers of the breakdown of five main pillars of society that Jacobs identifies: community and family, [...]
TweetThis is another guest post from a friend. It’s a book review of “Book Review Breathing Space: Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman”. If you have wanted to still be entertained while reading a self-improvement book, then look no further than Breathing Space: Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman by Katrina Repka and Alan Finger. [...]
TweetThe Emmy-Award winning HBO min-series Band of Brothers tells the true story of an American paratrooper regiment that fought in World War II. Based on the book by historian Stephen E. Ambrose of the same name, Band of Brothers touched the hearts of millions of people and became a huge success. The soldiers of Easy [...]
TweetHere’s another book review by a friend of mine. It’s called “I Don’t Believe in Atheists” by Chris Hedges The topics of religion, atheism, and fundamentalism have been hotly debated in the last decade or so as the West has become increasingly more secular. The related, yet more rudimentary debate of science versus religion has [...]
TweetHow the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman (2001) If you are looking for a good history of Scotland and its impact, as well as Great Britain and the British Empire, then look no further than Arthur [...]
