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A construction worker found these gold coins hidden in the attic of a building undergoing renovation in Les Riceys, France. They were probab...

It was my first day in a new high school. I was searching for the place to pick up my class schedule. It seemed very important that I know...

368 pages SilverOak, October 2012 I read a lot of fiction. But seldom does a book grab and hold me like The Blackhouse . Once the story ...

Life would definitely be a lot less rewarding without reading (and writing). I read 22 books in 2012, less than in previous years. Perhaps t...

Touchstone, 2011, 432 pages I found this historical novel to be as well-written and entertaining as The Other Boleyn Girl and The Other...

Yet another ancient coin hoard has come to light. Last month, a patient guy with a metal detector discovered the largest hoard of Roman coin...

The September 29 issue of The Economist contains an article with this headline: "The Faint Smell of Dog Fart" . The story, which i...

512 pp;  Chicago Review Press, 2008 ISBN-10:   1556527594 In this episode in Rosemary Sutcliff's fine Arthurian novel Sword at Suns...

The English knight William Marshall was regent of England under Henry III, as mentioned in  a previous post, The Brussels Hoard . In this t...

The Brussels Hoard of 1908 The Long Cross Coinage of Henry III by Ron Churchill and Bob Thomas Baldwin’s and the British Numismatic So...

The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers by George MacDonald Fraser Barrie and Jenkins, 1971, 384 pages In his ...

Bearing out the truth of a previous post: hidden mysteries abound in England. Here we have a true story from the Daily Telegraph (London). W...

St. Martin's Press 320 pages; February 28, 2012 On one level this is a boarding school story and a coming-of-age novel. That’s go...

Edmund Leighton (1900) Some may call this sentimental, kitschy, or worse. But still, there's something about it...

Metal detector hobbyists have discovered a hoard of Celtic coins in the Channel Islands. And it's a big hoard. Imagine digging a hol...

Thirsting for esoteric knowledge, I set forth to read The Holy Grail: History, Legend and Symbolism by Arthur Edward Waite. It's one of ...

Some notable things that happened in my life this year: Left my employer of 7 years due to corporate merger. Not as bad as it sounds; it was...

It's New Year's Eve, time once again to post my list of books read during 2011. First, my favorites. In the fiction category, Daniel...

Last night I came to grips with a situation that has long troubled me. There’s an air conditioner vent right next to my favorite chair in ...

Important news: there are great job opportunities for casino dealers right here in my home town. I could be trained and licensed in mere mo...