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Notre-Dame, A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 28, 2020 by LarryMarch 5, 2020

by Ken Follett, 2019, Viking This book is, indeed, short – only 62 pages.  At the end of the book there is a note indicating that the book was written in seven days in April of 2019. Follett wrote the … Continue reading →

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Your Heart, My Hands

Wilson's Weblog Posted on January 15, 2020 by LarryJanuary 15, 2020

by Arun K. Singh, M.D., with John Hanc, 2019, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, New York This is the story of a person who started his life as a delinquent boy in India who immigrated to America and became one … Continue reading →

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The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims’ Progress

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 27, 2019 by LarryNovember 27, 2019

by Mark Twain, originally published by Mark Twain in 1869, Kindle Version,2011, Digireads.com Publishing This book was on the reading list for our upcoming trip to Israel, Jordan, and Egypt so I decided to read it.  Most of the other … Continue reading →

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Stolen Prey

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 20, 2019 by LarryMarch 5, 2020

by John Sanford, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone, Penguin Audio This book caught my eye because it was about the murder of a family on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata, Minnesota.  Wayzata is where my two children graduated high school, … Continue reading →

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 29, 2019 by LarryAugust 29, 2019

By Bryan Stephenson, 2014, Speigel and Grau This is the story of a young man who founded a non-profit organization in Atlanta to fight for overturning prison sentences for individuals who were unfairly convicted or sentenced in the South.  The … Continue reading →

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The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 19, 2019 by LarryNovember 2, 2019

By John U. Bacon, audiobook narrated by Johnny Heller, 2017, Harper Collins Publisher This is a detailed account of the disaster that occurred in 1917 when a ship, loaded with ammunition to be sent to Europe, blew up in Halifax … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged History, Non-Fiction

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 6, 2019 by LarryAugust 6, 2019

by David Riech, 2018, Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House, New York This is a totally fascinating book about a subject I knew very little.  This is not to say that I didn’t know anything about DNA; it’s … Continue reading →

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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Wilson's Weblog Posted on June 30, 2019 by LarryJuly 5, 2019

by Dani Shapiro, 2019, Knopf The subject of this book is the author’s discovery, via a DNA test, that the person she thought was her father was not, in fact, her biological father. Through research she finds her real biological … Continue reading →

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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 25, 2019 by LarryMay 31, 2019

by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster I thought this was a very good book, well-written and informative.  There are some reviews on Amazon that fault the author for being self-absorbed.  This book is about him and his experience with … Continue reading →

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The Undoing Project

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 30, 2019 by LarryMay 2, 2019

by Michael Lewis, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company This is the story of two Nobel-winning psychologists, Daniel (Danny) Kahneman and Amos Tversky, and their research into how humans make decisions.  It was an interesting book, but I didn’t enjoy … Continue reading →

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