Adam Balshan

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Adam is Currently Reading

Adam Balshan is currently reading

Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War II

by Craig L. Symonds

bookshelves: currently-reading, r-the-waters

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— May 01, 2026 05:00AM

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Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church

by Michael J. Kruger

bookshelves: church-history, currently-reading, ecclesiology

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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

by Philip Zaleski (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: inklings, biography, currently-reading

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read in October 2019

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Adam Balshan said: " 3 stars [Biography]
(W: 3.25, U: 3, T: 2.5)
Exact rating: 2.92
#22 in genre, out of 28

A decent Biography of Thought on four of the main Inklings. Anyone looking for more than passing information on Barfield or Williams: this fulfills that aim.

The Zales ...more "

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Nov 09, 2020 10:23PM · see review

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Adam’s Quotes

“Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth
And what flies up, though it be but a spark,
Shall have weight.”
― Pindar

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“The first prerequisite of the serious historical researcher must be the ability to jettison dearly held interpretations in the face of the recalcitrance of the evidence.”
― Richard J. Evans, In Defense of History

tags: historiography, history

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“Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit and to a leveling of mankind into death.”
― Igor Shafarevich

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