by Hyeonseo Lee, 2015, Kindle Edition, William Collins If her story is all true, this is a great book about an incredible journey to freedom. Each chapter ends with, Oh, No! What Next? Just when you think she is finally … Continue reading →
by Paul Kalanithi, with forward by Abraham Verghese and epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, 2016, Random House, New York This book is a memoir by a young neurosurgeon who is just about to complete his residency when he discovers that he … Continue reading →
by Bill Griffeth, 2016, New England Historic Genealogical Society I heard about this book at one of my genealogical society lectures and thought I would pick it up as it relates to one of our family member’s situation. The book … Continue reading →
by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster This book is about the development of the strategy of national defense and how we would utilize nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to our country. Actually, that statement isn’t exactly … Continue reading →
by Kenneth R. Miller, 1999, Harper Perennial, New York Ken is a professor of cell biology at Brown University who is known for his defense of the science of evolution against the attempts to teach creationism and/or intelligent design in … Continue reading →
by Timothy Egan, 2016, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books I don’t know what to think about this book. It was somewhat interesting and had a lot of information about Thomas Meagher and his exploits, but didn’t really grab my attention as … Continue reading →
by Erik Larson, 2020, Crown, sold by Random House This book basically highlights the first year of Winston Churchill’s rule as prime minister from May of 1941. Like Larson’s other books, he contrasts what is going on in one venue … Continue reading →
by Adam Higginbotham, 2019, Simon & Schuster Excellent book although somewhat difficult to digest due to all the individual characters involved and their Russian names which make it hard to follow. I was not aware of the causes of the … Continue reading →
by Richard M. Watt, 1968, Barnes and Noble Books. Quite a few years ago my son showed me a box of books that he had been assigned to read when he was studying for his master’s degree in Eastern European … Continue reading →
by Ben Macintyre, Kindle Version, 2018, Broadway Books, Reprint edition This is the story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB agent who began providing information to MI6. The story is intriguing, especially since I had never heard of this individual and … Continue reading →