Month: August 2018
2016 dated COTY Best Crown is Best Mistake in the Series
Collectors love a good mistake. The Krause nominators made a whopper of a mistake and no one in the broader panel of judges caught it. In fact, the coin received the plurality of votes to win the category of best crown. The winner of the 2016 dated coin in the “Best Crown” category is the […]
August 27, 2018
Athelstan: The Making of England
Athelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland is an excellent short biography of the first king of a unified England. The book is part of the Penguin Monarchs series, which offers expert accounts of England’s rulers in a short, highly readable format. As vividly detailed in the book, the unification of England was a massive achievement, given […]
August 20, 2018
OPPO Discontinues its Award-Winning Audiophile Disc Player
The OPPO 205 is the best CD/DVD/Blu Ray player on the market with a high-end DAC chip. Unfortunately, OPPO Digital is discontinuing its line of high-end Blu-ray players and headphones. The OPPO UDP-205 Ultra HD is an audiophile’s dream machine, having received numerous great reviews and attracted many loyal users. The player is equipped with two […]
August 14, 2018
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life by Robert Dallek opens a window into the President’s mind and psychological profile of this ambitious man who used his family name and privilege to its best advantage. There are many good biographies of FDR, but none portray him as much as a political operative and opportunist than this one. For […]
August 6, 2018