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The Enemy

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 13, 2018 by LarryJuly 13, 2018

by Lee Child, 2004, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Billiance Audio I liked this book as it depicted the main character, Jack Reacher, as a deep, multi-layered individual.  He is involved, not only with a conspiracy on the part of some … Continue reading →

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Mudbound

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 5, 2018 by LarryJune 15, 2018

by Hillary Jordan, 2009, Algonquin Books This is a story of a white family in the Mississippi Delta area and their lives as they move onto some property they purchased shortly after WWII.  It centers on race relations with their … Continue reading →

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An Irish Country Village

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 1, 2018 by LarryDecember 14, 2018

by Patrick Taylor, Audiobook narrated by John Keating, 2008, Macmillan Audio This is the second of a series by Patrick Taylor focusing on the life of two doctors in a small town in Northern Ireland.  One of the doctors is … Continue reading →

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Life After Life

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 18, 2018 by LarryJune 15, 2018

by Kate Atkinson, Audiobook narrated by Fennela Woolgar, 2013, Hachette Audio This book is based on an interesting idea: What if a person died but came back to life to live another life based on different choices made?  It’s as … Continue reading →

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The Richest Woman in America: Hettie Green in the Gilded Age

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 15, 2018 by LarryJune 15, 2018

by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio This is a fairly interesting biography of a woman from New Bedford, MA, who became the richest woman in America during her life. While the author did a … Continue reading →

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Wilson's Weblog Posted on April 17, 2018 by LarryMay 1, 2018

by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books This is a fascinating story of how the United States flouted its own laws to bring Nazi scientists to America. After WWII, relations with the Russians quickly deteriorated into the Cold War. Both … Continue reading →

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 23, 2018 by LarryMarch 23, 2018

by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books I looked forward to reading this book as I thought it would provide me with some ideas as to how we will progress in the future.  Sadly, I was disappointed as it … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Eternity

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 1, 2018 by LarryApril 24, 2018

by Ken Follett, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, 2014, Penguin Audio This is the last book in the trilogy.  Thank goodness! While the book walked me back through a time in history that I lived through, I never really liked … Continue reading →

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 25, 2018 by LarryApril 25, 2018

by Amor Towles, 2016, Viking This is a lovely book, slow paced and articulate.  It is a story of a nobleman in Russia who is declared a non-person by the Communist Party after the revolution and is sentence to live … Continue reading →

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‘E’ is for Evidence

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 6, 2018 by LarryDecember 14, 2018

by Sue Grafton, 1988, Henry Holt & Company, Inc., New York This is the first book by Sue Grafton that I have read.  It was in a pile of books that we inherited from my mother-in-law and I picked it … Continue reading →

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