by Edward J. Larson, 2018, Kindle Edition, William Morrow publisher One of the topics in this book was especially interesting to me because it depicted Shackleton’s 1909 attempt to reach the South Pole in 1909. I visited Shackleton’s hut on … Continue reading →
by Della Owens, 2018, Kindle Edition, G.P. Putnam’s Sons This is a well-written book about a girl who grows up in a coastal area in North Carolina isolated from the rest of the nearby community. She eventually learns how to … Continue reading →
by Peter May, 2015, Kindle Edition This is a good book that follows up on the first book of the trilogy, but seems quite different from the first. It starts when a discovery is made of a partially mummified body … Continue reading →
by Daniel Silva, 2007, Audiobook narrated by Phil Gigante, Brilliance Audio I was very disappointed in this book. I was expecting a suspenseful thriller that would have some unexpected twists and turns. What I got was a terrorist kidnapping of … Continue reading →
by Brett Baier and Catherine Whitney, 2017, William Morrow The more I read this book, the more I didn’t like it. It’s an overview of Ike’s days in the White House, but is built on the premise that his last … Continue reading →
by David Grann, 2007, Vintage Books, A Dividion of Random House LLC, New York This book chronicles the murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma in the early part of the 20th century and the efforts of … Continue reading →
by Liane Moriarty, 2013, Audiobook narrated by Caroline Lee, Penguin Audio This book is about three women who live in Australia and how they are affected by the murder of a young girl many years ago. The book is well-written … Continue reading →
by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, New York This book is a detailes account of the events that led up to and took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The research that went into the … Continue reading →
by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC This book is a harrowing memoir about a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family in Idaho with an abusive father and brother. She was discouraged from attending school and … Continue reading →
by Terry Hayes, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, Kindle version, Simon and Shuster Digital Sales, Inc. This book is a thriller but it is long. The author provides quite a bit of detailed background about every move the main character and his nemesis … Continue reading →