I have friends who remind me, regularly, that wealth is becoming more and more concentrated among the wealthy. Further, the “not rich” are making less than they used to, relative to the wealthy. In other words, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. There is a divide growing in America, argues Charles […]
Daniel’s Favorite Non-Fiction Reads of 2012
2013-01-02 · by ·
Last year was a great year for good books, and with Britt’s example (check her favorites last year here), here are a few of my favorite non-fiction reads. I tend to prefer history over other topics, but this year’s non-fiction picks included sociology, economics, and literature…but all, still, with a link to history. In […]
Review | Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
2012-12-15 · by ·
[UPDATED: I’ve added an audio clip provided by Macmillan Audio] After reading, and liking, Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly, I thought I’d give Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot a go. I’m so glad I did, I really liked it. This book tells the history of President Kennedy’s life from the time he took office, to shortly […]
Review | Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
2012-12-13 · by ·
Recently I went on a road trip with my mom. She was listening to Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly and though she was already a couple of discs into the book, I said I’d be happy to jump in and listen with her. I had recently read Manhunt: […]
Review | The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
2012-10-15 · by ·
The Professor and the Madman is a non-fiction book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. It tells the story of two men: William Minor and James Murray and how they worked together to create the OED. James Murray was a professor and the editor of the OED. Dr. William Minor was a Civil […]
Review | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2012-08-16 · by ·
Until I got my iPad for Christmas, the only Apple product I had ever owned was an iPod that ended up collecting dust on my dresser. A cool product, but since I couldn’t work out with it, I never much used it. My iPad, however, is another story. For me, it is a tool I use daily. I take notes, read books, […]
Review | Heaven Is Here by Stephanie Nielson
2012-04-17 · by ·
Heaven is Here tells the story of Stephanie Nielson, best known for her blog, ‘The Nienie Dialogues.’ In 2008 Stephanie and her husband were in a plane crash that burned over 80% of her body. Many doctors believed she wouldn’t survive, but through the Stephanie fought through the physical and emotional pain to overcome the […]
Review | 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
2012-04-05 · by ·
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But what happened next? More than just the discovery of the new world that we call the Americas,Christopher Columbus set off globalization of ecology, trade, biology, and nationality beyond anything that preceded it, argues Charles Mann in “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.” The discovery of America did more than […]
Review | Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
2012-03-31 · by ·
Synopsis from Goodreads: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. A young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, struggled to a life raft and pulled himself aboard. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, […]
Review | Chasing the Runner’s High by Ray Charbonneau
2012-03-25 · by ·
If there’s one thing Ray Charbonneau understands, it is runners. In Chasing the Runner’s High he may claim that he isn’t sure what a typical runner is, but if the proof is in the pudding, not only is Charbonneau a true blue, died in the wool, run in the sun, rain or snow runner, but he talks […]
