One of the most interesting aspects of reading is that sometimes you might read something and, regardless of whether you enjoy it or not, it begins to creep into your thinking. You start to see it everywhere; kind of like when you’re walking the streets in a strange country and you feel as if you keep catching glimpses of people you know. Continue reading
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Leo Tolstoy Vs. Robert S. McNamara
Posted in Observation, Reading, Real Men with tags Agent Orange, Axis, Battle of Borodino, Errol Morris, General Kutuzov, Hitler, Holocaust, Loe Tolstoy, Napoleon, Robert S McNamara, Vietnam war, War and Peace, War criminal, World War II on May 2, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleWar and Peace
Posted in Reading, Real Men with tags 'Little Gidding', Four Quartets, Hawaii marathon, Napoleon, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Tolstoy, War and Peace on April 27, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleI finished it. Continue reading
Tolstoy Versus Napoleon
Posted in Reading, Real Men with tags Anna Karenina, Battle of Borodino, Brothers Karamazov, colonel kurtz, Napoleon, napoleonic war, Tolstoy, War and Peace on February 24, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleThe thing about a book like War and Peace that first makes an impression on you is its size. Continue reading