by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage Candice Millard has done a very good job portraying the life and death of President James Garfield. I knew very little about Garfield and was very surprised to find out what an outstanding human being … Continue reading →
by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York This is the story of the Wager, a ship that was shipwrecked on the coast of Chile during the War of Jenkin’s Ear between England and Spain in 1740. The ship was part … Continue reading →
by Edith Wharton, 1920 This book is an account of Edith Wharton’s journey in Morocco in 1917. I decided to read this book because I would be in Morocco myself as I was reading it. It turned out that while … Continue reading →
by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published This book is written by a former executive who worked in the bank where I once worked. I know Tim as an acquaintance, but I really didn’t have any dealings with him. Tim has had … Continue reading →
by Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi, 2022, Hachette Books, New York I wish I could like this book more than I did. I think the problem is the main character, whom I didn’t like one bit. It wasn’t that he … Continue reading →
by Walter Isaacson, 2017, Audiobook narrated by Alfred Molina, Simon & Schuster Audio My Review This book is well-researched and provides much information about the life and works of Leonardo. I gained a deeper appreciation of the character and genius … Continue reading →
by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina This book is a great view of what it was like being a Navy ROTC student at Brown University in the turbulent mid-1960’s when the culture of … Continue reading →
by Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., with David Fisher, 2011, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York I received this book as a Christmas present in 2011, shortly after it was published. I opened the present and then set it … Continue reading →
by Adam Hochschild, 1998, Audiobook on cassette tapes narrated by Geoffrey Howard released in 2010, Books on Tape, Random House Audio This book is an indictment of the colonization of the Congo by King Leopold of Belgium. It recounts the … Continue reading →
by Buzz Bissinger, 2022, Harper This is possibly the worst book I have recently read. It attempts to portray the marines who played a game of football on Guadalcanal prior to fighting in the battle for Okinawa where many of … Continue reading →