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 →
by Alan Moorehead, originally published in 1963, Kindle version, 2010, Skyhorse This book is about an exploration expedition into the interior of Australia in 1860. Much of Australia had never been explored at that time and this was one of … Continue reading →
by David Kertzer, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Arthur Morey, Random House Audio In 2020 the Vatican opened up numerous documents in their archives relating to communications and meeting between the Vatican and the Italian and German governments before and … Continue reading →
by Herbert Hoover, edited by William Nichols, 1964, Random House, New York This book was in a box of books that I inherited from my grandmother back in the 1990’s. I hadn’t read it until recently when I decided to … Continue reading →