March 15, 2018 » MobyLives! Archives

We’re offering a FREE e-book of the Torture Report, now that Trump has nominated Gina Haspel to head the CIA

We’ve decided to give away free e-books of our edition of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture, following Donald Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel to be CIA Director. As was reported last month, Haspel appears… Read more »

Melville House Books

Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Publishing — Melville House
Continued Covid crisis catalyzes e-book sales; fallout feared — Mike Lindgren
MELVILLE HOUSE ANNOUNCES 500,000 COPY PRINTING OF FIRST IN-DEPTH BOOK ABOUT QANON PHENOMENON AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE — Melville House
NYTimes tallies tsunami of Trump tomes; why John Dean's book Is different — Mike Lindgren

The Poets of the Student Walkout

Michael Barron

On February 14, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were attacked by a right-wing extremist with an AR-15. Politicians, including Donald Trump, offered the sterilized condolences of “thoughts and prayers” to the… Read more »

What the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture teaches us about soon-to-be CIA Director Gina Haspel

Peter Clark

You’ve seen the news: CIA Director Mike Pompeo will be sliding over to serve as Secretary of State, and his deputy Gina Haspel will take the reins at the Agency. This is… Read more »

Hail and Farewell: Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018

Taylor Sperry

The universe lost a great one yesterday, with the passing of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Among Hawking’s many accomplishments—after a diagnosis of amyotropic lateral sclerosis when he was just twenty-one,… Read more »

Could the power of x-rays reveal ancient Greek knowledge hidden inside an inconspicuous book?

Nikki Griffiths

Ever heard of Claudius Galenus? He was quite a guy. Born in 131 CE, he was a Greek physician, philosopher, and writer who lived in the Roman Empire. His works and theories dominated European… Read more »