Tag: history

Wireless Theatre Company + Moonlight Audio Theatre: Burke And Hare

Jesse Willis

Up the close and doun the stair, But and ben wi’ Burke and Hare. Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef. —19th-century Edinburgh skipping rhyme There may never have been a blacker comedy than… Read moreWireless Theatre Company + Moonlight Audio Theatre: Burke And Hare

Review of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson

Jesse Willis

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates By Peter T. Leeson; Read by Jeremy Gage Audible Download – Approx. 7 Hours 41 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Audible, Inc. Published: September 4, 2009 Themes: / Economics / Piracy / History /… Read moreReview of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates by Peter T. Leeson

Review of The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond

Jenny

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? By Jared Diamond; Read by Jay Snyder Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: 31 December 2012 ISBN: 9781611761474 [UNABRIDGED] 16 CDs – 19 hours Themes: / humanity / community / society… Read moreReview of The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond

Commentary: Annotating Ward Shelley’s A History Of Science Fiction

Jesse Willis

I love looking at Ward Shelley’s The History Of Science Fiction. It really inspires me. I’ve, for my own amusement, done a little annotating, adding little thumbtacks noting every podcast READALONG we’ve done. But I’ve only put on the ones… Read moreCommentary: Annotating Ward Shelley’s A History Of Science Fiction