by Timothy Egan, 2016, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books I don’t know what to think about this book. It was somewhat interesting and had a lot of information about Thomas Meagher and his exploits, but didn’t really grab my attention as … Continue reading →
by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House This book basically highlights the first year of Winston Churchill’s rule as prime minister from May of 1941. Like Larson’s other books, he contrasts what is going on in one venue … Continue reading →
by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster Excellent book although somewhat difficult to digest due to all the individual characters involved and their Russian names which make it hard to follow. I was not aware of the causes of the … Continue reading →
by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books. Quite a few years ago my son showed me a box of books that he had been assigned to read when he was studying for his master’s degree in Eastern European … Continue reading →
by Ben Macintyre, Kindle Version, 2018, Broadway Books, Reprint edition This is the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB agent who began providing information to MI6. The story is intriguing, especially since I had never heard of this individual and … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2019, Viking This book is, indeed, short – only 62 pages. At the end of the book there is a note indicating that the book was written in seven days in April of 2019. Follett wrote the … Continue reading →
by Arun K. Singh, M.D., with John Hanc, 2019, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, New York This is the story of a person who started his life as a delinquent boy in India who immigrated to America and became one … Continue reading →
by Mark Twain, originally published by Mark Twain in 1869, Kindle Version,2011, Digireads.com Publishing This book was on the reading list for our upcoming trip to Israel, Jordan, and Egypt so I decided to read it. Most of the other … Continue reading →
by John Sanford, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone, Penguin Audio This book caught my eye because it was about the murder of a family on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata, Minnesota. Wayzata is where my two children graduated high school, … Continue reading →
By Bryan Stephenson, 2014, Speigel and Grau This is the story of a young man who founded a non-profit organization in Atlanta to fight for overturning prison sentences for individuals who were unfairly convicted or sentenced in the South. The … Continue reading →