Coming events (don't say we didn't give you plenty of notice)

Next year, 2014, will be the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. There will almost certainly be troves of books about that war published next year, but the best book likely ever to be published (IMO, of course) dates back to the 1960s. It's Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August. I don't know what'll happen to its price next year but right now you can get a copy for less than eight bucks on Amazon. So if it's an early start you're looking for (and a bargain), you're welcome.