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 Jhumpa Lahari, Audiobook read by Sunil Maholtra, 2013, Audible.com This is a story about two brothers who grew up in India and the very different paths that they took in their lives. The book attempts to tie the directions that … 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 Patrick Taylor, Audiobook read by Terry Donnelly, 2010, Midwest Tape, LLC, Holland, OH This book started out pretty well with an Irish ghost story but the second part, which was consisted of the narrator’s life, was a bit dull. The … Continue reading →
by Henry James, originally published in 1880 as a magazine serial, Audiobook read by Lorna Raver, 2008, Tantor Media, Inc. This is a novel about a young girl living in New York City about 1830 and her affair with an unworthy … Continue reading →
by P.D. James Unabridged CD Audiobook (An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) Audio CD, 2008, read by Rosalyn Landor This book is a murder mystery about some murders that take place at an estate that has been converted to a plastic surgery … Continue reading →
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2014, Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York This book was given to me as a gift at Christmas. Otherwise, I probably would not have read it. Once I had it, however, I was … Continue reading →
by Jeff Shaara, Audiobook, 2012, Narrated by Paul Michael, Random House Audio We listened to this audiobook on our semi-annual trip from Florida to Rhode Island. The audiobook was 18 CD’s so it consumed about 2 1/2 days of our … 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 →