THE GOD OF ROME
In this very personal look at the Roman god Jupiter, King of the Gods, Baylor University professor Julia Dyson Hejduk has given us in her new book the first...
New Perspectives on Virgil
The topic of this book by 13 collaborating Classics scholars is a text by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. It is not, however, about his most famous work, the...
Scribes of Space
The Archbishop of Seville, Isidore (560-636), established a telescoping set of units, beginning with the largest. He wrote “Our ancestors divided the world into parts. They put parts into...
A Book for Halloween
Each Halloween I review a book that seems to set the mood for the most important day of the year. By the Fire is not a book about Halloween,...
Elderhood: a guide to Life
Are old people useless? Author Louise Aronson doesn't think so, which is why she has written this book on elderhood.
Here is one way she sees old people are engaged:...
World in Danger
Review written by Dr M Emanuele
The average citizen who views the barrage of news each day is usually confronted with one or two major stories or crises at a...
Menelaus in the Archaic Period
Achilles, Hector, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Menelaus. The first four heroes are recognizable to everyone, but who is Menelaus? Author Anna Stelow has written the first book ever devoted to Menelaus,...
The Great Rift: Science and Religion
This book explores the process by which a great rift has opened up between the realms of science and religion. It is not a polemic against the failure of...
Poetry Experiences a Resurrection
I do not like modern poetry; mostly because it is modern, but secondarily because it is not poetry (modern means after TS Eliot). Therefore, whenever I read poetry, or...
Detroit: BROKE
Book review by Dr M. Emanuele
The title of this book about the city of Detroit – Broke – has two connotations. Either not working, or not having any money/assets.
Detroit...
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Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo
“Our goal is to be a world-class zoo,” said Reid Park Zoo’s Deborah Carr, director of marketing and events. As she gave the Sun...
World Premiere in Tucson
written by Drs. C. Cunningham & M. Emanuele
Gretchen Wirges brought her one-woman show to the Invisible Theatre this week, marking its world premiere. Entitled...
Arizona in Space
A 2-room exhibit at the Arizona History Museum, entitled Ready To Launch, is designed to show Arizona’s place in space.
While it has elements of...
