Joshua Frank’s Atomic Days: the Untold story of the most toxic place in America describes the history of and the ongoing efforts to clean up the Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. As someone who had never heard of Hanford until a few years ago, I think the history of Hanford and what… Continue reading Reviewing Atomic Days
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Reviewing Why we Love Baseball
Joe Posnanski’s Why we Love Baseball is a must read for any baseball fan.
Reviewing Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey is the first in John Sanford’s decades-old Lucas Davenport series. Looking for a new series to read, I finally decided to give the Davenport series a try.
Reviewing Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz’s Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War is one of the most important books on history I have ever read.
Reviewing Luckiest Man
Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man is a biography of Lou Gehrig. What makes Eig’s biography of Gehrig different from the other books about him I have read is Eig’s decision to spend a lot of pages on Gehrig’s battle with ALS (the Disease that took his life and has become forever linked to him).
Reviewing Night Shift
Night Shift is the latest in Robin Cook’s Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery series. I have read almost all of the Jack and Laurie medical thrillers and several of Robin Cook’s other books. As always with one of Cook’s books, I was entertained and mildly educated by reading Night Shift.
Reviewing Burden of Proof
Scott Turow’s Burden of Proof is another in the Kindle County series. Burden of Proof, like many books in the series, features Alejandro (Sandy) Stern. As a lawyer, I like the Sandy Stern character. I, of course, don’t always agree with Stern, but he is a very well done character. As too are the rest… Continue reading Reviewing Burden of Proof
Reviewing Hitler’s Children
Gerald Posner’s Hitler’s Children: Sons and daughters of the Third Reich is one of the most interesting books I have ever read about Nazi Germany. By focussing on children of some of the most infamous Nazi figures, Posner tells a unique story.
Reviewing Willie Wells El Diablo of the Negro Leagues
Luke Bob’s Willie Wells: “El Diablo” of the Negro Leagues is a biography of former Negro Leagues player and member of the baseball hall of fame Willie Wells. As always, reading about the great players from the Negro Leagues left me feeling a mix of outrage and disappointment. The idea that those incredible ballplayers were… Continue reading Reviewing Willie Wells El Diablo of the Negro Leagues
Reviewing no Plan B
No Plan B is the latest in the Jack Reacher series. As always, I enjoyed a Reacher book, but I had to suspend reality a bit.