by Atul Gawande, 2014, Picador What a depressing subject! And yet, this is a book I found I couldn’t put down. It is a book that everybody should read because, for many of us, our death or the deaths of our … Continue reading →
by Kingsley M. Bray, 2006, Volume 254 of the Civilization of the American Indian Series, The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK I purchased this book at the Custer Battlefield at Little Bighorn just before leaving. As I glanced through … Continue reading →
by Daniel James Brown, 2013, Viking Penguin Group This book is meticulously researched, well-written, and the author obviously has a great love for his subject. It’s about the crew from the University of Washington that won the nine-man rowing Olympic … Continue reading →
by Seymour Morris, Jr., 2014, Harper This book was somewhat of a disappointment. I was very interested in how a successful occupation of another company was managed, particularly after the disaster that occurred in Iraq. The book seemed to start … Continue reading →
by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin This book traces the lives and careers of John Foster Dulles and his brother, Allen. It is interesting in that the author contrasts the personalities of each of them and shows how they reacted … Continue reading →
by Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA We bought this book before we took our trip to Greece and Turkey last year, thinking that I would read the book prior to going to Turkey. I never had … Continue reading →
by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks This book is a collection of things that happened in 1927. It starts with a murder trial in the early part of the year, then describes some of the incidents leading up to Lindberg’s … Continue reading →
by Henry Miller, originally published in 1941, Second Edition, 2010, introduction by Will Short, afterword by Ian S. MacNiven, a New Directions Paperback This book was on a book list for our upcoming cruise to Greece and Turkey. It is … Continue reading →
by Richard Snow, 2013, Scribner, New York I thought the subject matter of this book was absolutely fascinating. How Henry Ford invented the Model T and then made it available to the masses is a great story, no matter how … Continue reading →
by Michael Grunwald, 2006, Simon and Shuster Paperbacks, New York Prior to reading this book, I really didn’t understand the reasons why the Everglades are such a critical component of the South Florida ecosystem. The bottom line is that, without … Continue reading →