by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio This book focuses on the author’s many years of teaching in New York schools. Â There are many interesting stories with flashbacks to his childhood growing up in … Continue reading →
by Stephen E. Ambrose, 2001, Simon & Shuster, New York This book was an okay read and some of it was interesting, particularly the information about George McGovern’s service as a B-24 bomber pilot. There was, however, nothing great about … Continue reading →
by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York The theme of this book was the incident that occurred on St. Eustastia island in 1776 when the Dutch government of island acknowledged a ship flying the flag of the … Continue reading →
by Jon Meacham, 2008 I was extremely disappointed by this book. Mr. Meacham has managaed to take a fairly interesting character and times of our nation and make it exceedingly dull. He does this through too much repetition (as in … Continue reading →
by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, 2008, Grand Central Publishing, New York This is a nice story, but is probably more interesting because of the story of the author and small-town Midwestern America. Dewey was obviously a special cat, but … Continue reading →
by Banazir Bhutto, 2008, HarperCollins Publishers, New York Banazir Bhutto finished this book shortly before she died in an attack on her car in Pakistan. The book is an overview of the problems facing the Muslim world and its relationship … Continue reading →
by Reeve Lindbergh, 1998, Simon & Schuster, New York I thought this book was somewhat interesting, especially in the passages about her father, Charles. Other passages such as the reminiscences about her sister and her personal emotional experiences were very … Continue reading →
by James Bradley, 2003, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, New York When I first started reading this book, I thought that it was going to be just another collection of reminiscences from veterans of WWII that would … Continue reading →
by Janet Wallach, 1996 This is an amazing story of a woman who played a major role in the early 20th century in the creation of the current country of Iraq. She was one of the first women to attend … Continue reading →
by David Safford, 2007, Little, Brown and Company, New York This book is about the final few months of World War II, covering April of 1945 through June. To show the various events, the author uses the personal experiences of six … Continue reading →