I’ve been in the habit of tracking my books in a database to — among other things — help me avoid purchasing books that I already have (it happened a few times too often, which got me to set up the database in the first place). These are the new (or at least new-to-me) books I read during 2018:<\/p>\n
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A. Goodwin, The New Cambridge Modern History VIII: The American and French Revolutions<\/em>, 978-0-521-04546-9.
\nJordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos<\/em>, 978-0-345-81602-3.
\nLois McMaster Bujold, Penric’s Fox<\/em>, 978-1-59606-863-6.
\nC.W. Crawley, The New Cambridge Modern History IX: War and Peace in an Age of Upheaval<\/em>, 0-521-04547-9.
\nNiall Ferguson, The Square and the Tower”<\/em>, 978-0-7352-2291-5.
\nGeorge Orwell, It Is What I Think: 1947-48<\/em>, 978-0-436-21007-5.
\nEric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed<\/em>, 978-0-691-16838-8.
\nJ.P.T Bury, The New Cambridge Modern History X: The Zenith of European Power, 1830-70<\/em>, 978-0-5210-4548-3.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Pelican at Blandings<\/em>, 0-88029-281-4.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing<\/em>, 978-0-09-951394-0.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nSarah Marques, Sword & Blood: Book One of the Vampire Musketeers<\/em>, 978-1-60701-331-0.
\nSarah A. Hoyt, Darkship Thieves<\/em>, 978-1-4391-3398-9.
\nF.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge Modern History XI: Material Progress and World-Wide Problems, 1870-1898<\/em>, 978-0-521-04549-0.
\nRichard Sennett, The Craftsman<\/em>, 978-0-141-02209-3.
\nEdward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1<\/em>, 978-0-679-42308-9.
\nChristopher Lloyd, Lord Cochrane: Seaman, Radical, Liberator<\/em>, 0-8050-5569-X.
\nAnirudh Arora and Hardeep Singh Kohli, Food of the Grand Trunk Road: Recipes of rural India, from Bengal to the Punjab<\/em>, 978-1-8477-3968-1.
\nSarah A. Hoyt, Darkship Renegades<\/em>, 978-1-4767-3617-4.
\nJames Holland, The Rise of Germany 1939-1941<\/em>, 978-0-8021-2397-8.
\nJ.L. Granatstein, The Greatest Victory: Canada’s One Hundred Days, 1918<\/em>, 978-0-19-900931-2.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Very Good Jeeves<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nArthur Bryant, The Turn of the Tide, based on the War Diaries of Field Marshal Alanbrooke<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nCarlo D’Este, Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War 1874-1945<\/em>, 978-0-06-057573-1.
\nJames Holland, The Allies Strike Back: 1941-1943 The War in the West<\/em>, 978-0-8021-2560-6.
\nGeorge Orwell, Our Job Is To Make Life Worth Living: 1949-1950<\/em>, 0-436-21009-6.
\nLois McMaster Bujold, Mira’s Last Dance<\/em>, 978-1-59606-854-4.
\nArthur Bryant, Triumph in the West: Completing the War Diaries of Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nMarc Milner, The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany’s Submarines<\/em>, 0-8020-0588-8.
\nEdward Spears, Prelude to Dunkirk<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nEdward Spears, The Fall of France<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nBing Coughlin, Herbie Wuz Here! A collection of WWII Canadian Military Cartoons<\/em>, 978-1-897030-67-7.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Right Ho Jeeves<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nLarry Correia, Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints<\/em>, 978-1-4814-8307-0.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nWilliam L. Shirer, Collapse of the Third Republic<\/em>, 0-671-78509-5.
\nNick Lloyd, Hundred Days: The End of the Great War<\/em>, 978-0-670-92006-8.
\nDave DeWitt and Janie Lamson, The Field Guide to Peppers<\/em>, 978-1-60469-588-5.
\nNo author credit, Indian … Made simple<\/em>, 978-1-4454-3056-0.
\nField Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, War Diaries, 1939-1945<\/em>, 978-1-8421-2526-7.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nDominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory<\/em>, 978-0-141-97930-4.
\nC.L. Mowat, The New Cambridge Modern History XII: The Shifting Balance of World Forces, 1898-1945<\/em>, 978-0-521-04551-3.
\nMajor-General I.S.O. Playfair, The Mediterranean and Middle East Volume II: The Germans come to the help of their Ally (1941)<\/em>, 1-845740-66-1.
\nDavid X. Manners, Planning and Building Your Home Workshop<\/em>, 0-06-090824-6.
\nRobert Wearing, The Essential Woodworker<\/em>, 978-0-578-06044-6.
\nPeter Heather, Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian<\/em>, 978-0-19-936274-5.
\nDave DeWitt, The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia<\/em>, 0-688-15611-8.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nMajor L. F. Ellis, The War in France and Flanders<\/em>, 1-845740-52-4.
\nJoseph E. Persico, 11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour: Armistice Day, 1918<\/em>, 0-375-50825-2.
\nKenneth Macksey, Why the Germans Lose At War: The myth of German military superiority<\/em>, 1-85367-693-4.
\nW.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, 1066 and all that<\/em>, 0-413-61880-3.
\nFran\u00e7ois Kersaudy, Norway, 1940<\/em>, 0-8032-7787-3.
\nMadhur Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible<\/em>, 0-091-87415-7.
\nJohn Colville, The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries Volume 1, 1939-October 1941<\/em>, 0-340-40269-5.
\nP.G. Wodehouse, Young Men in Spats<\/em>, 0-88029-280-6.
\nJohn Colville, The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries Volume 2, 1941-1955<\/em>, 0-340-40336-5.
\nDavid Potter, Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint<\/em>, 978-0-19-069275-9.
\nHeinz Werner Schmidt, With Rommel in the Desert<\/em>, 0-553-13130-3.
\nH. Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines<\/em>, 978-0-8129-6629-9.
\nDonald Thomas, The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes<\/em>, no ISBN or LOC number.
\nRobert E. Howard, The Complete Chronicles of Conan, the Centenary Edition<\/em>, 978-0-575-07766-9.
\nShelby Foote, The Civil War, A Narrative – Fort Sumter to Perryville<\/em>, 0-394-74623-6.
\nJohn Cannan, Burnside’s Bridge<\/em>, 1-58097-035-4.
\nNicholas Harman, Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth<\/em>, 0-340-24299-X.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAs usual, the list doesn’t include any re-reads of old favourites (Tolkien, Conan Doyle, Bujold, Heinlein, etc.). I’ve had to radically cut back my magazine subscriptions over the last year or so, as my personal expenses needed to be reeled-in to more closely match my vastly reduced income, so I’m down to only Reason<\/em> and Popular Woodworking<\/em> as my remaining regular magazine reads. Hopefully, I’ll be back to earning more in 2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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