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With Wings Like Eagles, A History of the Battle of Britain

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 9, 2012 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Michael Korda, 2009, Harper, New York This was a pretty interesting book, but only because I didn’t know much about this campaign.  Missing was a sense of the hardships that the pilots and crew went through as well as the impacts … Continue reading →

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I Will Bear Witness, 1933-1941, A Diary of the Nazi Years

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 19, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Victor Klemperer, Translated by Martin Chalmers, 1999, Modern Library Paperback Edition, Random House, New York (First published in Germany under the title Ich will Aeugnis ablegen bis sum ltestn: Tagebucher 1933 von Victor Kempere, Copyright Aufbau-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1995). … Continue reading →

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A Rope and a Prayer, A Kidnapping from Two Sides

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 17, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by David Rhode and Kristen Mulvihill, 2010, The Penguin Group, New York I was introduced to this book at a Brown Alumni Club event in Naples, FL,  last spring when David and Kristen presented their book.  Naturally, I bought a … Continue reading →

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 22, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Jeannette Walls, 2006, Scribner, New York This book is a bit hard to fathom.  There are elements that ring true and then there are things that seem to be a bit of a stretch. Walls’ parents seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Outliers, The Story of Success

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 9, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008, audio book narrated by the author, Hatchett Audio, New York The author’s premise is that success comes not only from one’s native abilities, but also from circumstances and opportunities that are present that are not available … Continue reading →

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Cleopatra: A Life

Wilson's Weblog Posted on April 25, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Stacy Schiff, 2010 I was very disappointed by this book, the primary reason being the author’s very choppy style.  I found the style made it extremely hard to read with no flow to the narrative.  Her style used strange … Continue reading →

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A World Lit Only by Fire, The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 20, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by William Manchester, 1992, Little, Brown & Company, Limited, Boston This is an amazing book, although somewhat loosely structured.  Manchester admits this structure issue himself as he describes in the forward of the book that it seemed to him that … Continue reading →

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Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 26, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010, Random House, New York This is an excellent biography of a World War II hero.  The book details the life of Louis Zamparini and how he survived a POW camp in Japan.  The details of the … Continue reading →

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Clapton: The Autobiograpy

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 25, 2011 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Eric Clapton, audio book by narrated by Simon Vance This was an interesting book as I didn’t know much about Eric and his past (other than watching the Cream reunion concert on PBS and owning his Unplugged album).  It … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of Greed, The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider

Wilson's Weblog Posted on December 18, 2010 by LarryMay 31, 2015

by Brian Cruver, Narrated by Mel Foster, 2004, Brilliance Audio This is another book downloaded from the library to make my interior house painting job more enjoyable while I work!  Thank goodness for my MP3 player (non-IPod, I must mention). … Continue reading →

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