The goal of reading a book isn’t to internalize or memorize every single fact or piece of information contained in those pages. A six-hundred-page book on economics contains a lot of information, but what’s important is what the reader takes away and remembers once they’re done. I learned a lot from Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics…
This book was born from the nightmares of its author, Mary Shelley, who realized that what horrified her would frighten readers as well. The specter that appeared in her dreams led the way to a world of its own in her mind, fostered by the literary masters she surrounded herself with. Thus, one of the…
George Orwell was the pen name of English novelist, journalist, poet, and social critic Eric Arthur Blair. He published Animal Farm in 1945, no doubt in reaction to the rise of the Soviet Union through their victory in World War Two. Animal Farm tells the story that few were willing to admit: the socialist or…
Hailed as one of the most impactful literary authors in human history, William Shakespeare’s plays have achieved immortal fame. Titles like Macbeth, Julius Caesar, or A Midsummer Night’s Dream are known by the vast majority of people who enjoy media, whether in book or video format. How do the three main categories of Shakespeare’s plays…
End the Fed is a 2009 book by the esteemed Congressman Ron Paul. In this book, Paul shows how the Federal Reserve System is unconstitutional and extremely detrimental to everyday Americans. I had a good understanding of this topic before reading the book, but there were three questions I had that were answered once I…
C. S. Lewis published The Abolition of Man in 1943, with the material made of three separate lectures he gave that same year. It has been regarded by many as Lewis’s most important book, as it delves into his idea that education, whether outside or inside the home, should be done in the context of…
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English writer and thinker. Along with Animal Farm, 1984 is one of his most prominent works of social criticism. Written in 1949, this book is his nightmarish prophecy of what our world could have looked like by the year 1984. Written as a reaction…