What’s the Opposite of Ad Hominem? The Book Guy Reviews Explorer Tim Severin

Tim Severin: The Greatest Explorer of the Modern Era Rather than confine myself to books, this week I’ve expanded the scope of review to include people. Because, as near as I can tell, I must have been living More...

The Book Guy: Must Read: War by Sebastian Junger

Two weeks ago I made it clear that I had some serious problems with supposed Vietnam War era classic, Michael Herr’s Dispatches. Namely, that it sucked and was an overwrought stream of consciousness that More...