by Yuen Foong Khong, 1992, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ This is one of the books that my son, Peter, had as a result of his master’s studies at George Washington University. I went through the box and picked out … Continue reading →
by Randy Wayne White, audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, book originally published 1997, Audiobook released 2010 by Tantor Audio This is the third Doc Ford novel and not one of Randy Wayne White’s best efforts. The plot seemed dull and … Continue reading →
by Jon Hassler, 1985, Ballentine Books, New York I picked this book up as I had run out of books to read, so I started looking around for something light to read in the bookcases in our condo in RI. … Continue reading →
by Ben Macintyre, 2014, Crown Publishing, New York This story is fascinating as it probes how an upper-class gentleman in British Society could betray his country. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give all the answers and leaves quite a bit to conjecture. … Continue reading →
by Dashiell Hammett, 1930, 1st Vintage Books Edition This book is a selection of our men’s book club for the coming season. It has some interesting aspects and a very involved plot but it is certainly dated. It has the … Continue reading →
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 →