Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Reading Rat - October 2018

Articles, essays, reviews

‘A cluster of signs’, cartoon by Ella Baron

Todd Bol, Wisconsin man who started the Little Free Library movement, dies at age 62, by Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Did A Glendale Sandwich Kill Elvis Presley? by Mark Smiley, Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle (Glendale, Colorado)

America’s Cold Civil War, by Charles R. Kesler

The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis: What the World Should Have Learned in 2008, by Adam Tooze, Foreign Affairs

The Spirit of Vatican I, by Russell Hittinger, review of Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church, by john w. o’malley, First Things

New books

You Can Understand Aquinas: A Guide to Thomas' Metaphysical Jargon, by Matt Fradd and Robert A. Delfino, at Pints with Aquinas

Finance and Philosophy: Why We're Always Surprised, by Alex J. Pollock, at Paul Dry Books

Library visited

Coupeville Library, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washington, a branch of the Sno-Isle Libraries: reading room features view of Penn Cove, tables with built-in power outlets between chairs, and a "coffee table" book on each.

Book stores visited

Moonraker Books, "Books to delight the mind", Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington

The Kingfisher, "Coupeville's waterfront bookstore", Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washingtone

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