When their father went off to war, George, Jack and their mother, Mrs. Braun, moved to Whitby Ontario. After all, there was no way they could run the farm without him. Mrs. Braun took a job in the huge local munitions factory and, in the summer vacation of 1943, there was no one to take care […]
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Review: Setting the Records Straight by Lee Binz
Over and over, I see homeschooling families sending their teens to school because they are afraid of destroying their chances for higher education. But you do not have to be afraid to homeschool high school. Ordinary families can be successful and they can get their children into college, sometimes even on scholarships. In Setting the […]
Review: And Tomorrow the Stars: The Story of John Cabot by Kay Hill
Young Giovanni Caboto of Genoa cared for nothing but boats, but he was sent off to Venice to live with his uncle, a wealthy spice merchant. There, together with his new friend Michiele, he studied at the monastery and was especially fascinated by geography and exploration. When he got into trouble he was thrilled with […]
Review: Switch On Your Brain by Caroline Leaf
As a physicist, the first chapter I turned to in this book was “Thinking, God, and the Quantum Physics Brain”. It was astoundingly bad, full of inaccuracies, misunderstandings, and downright errors, and a perfect example of why scientists had better be humble when discussing a field that is not their own. Neuropsychology is not my […]