Review:Michael tells a great many tales. Each is full of historical "I didn't know" thats. I read it last year from the library and recently decided this was a book I had to add to my collection. I will share this with my family and friends. Read more

Review:After reading this, one can only guess who actually wrote all those "Killing" books. However, as a book of exploration, I found it wanting in the same respect as the Marco Polo book I consumed a few years ago, and that is, the absence of maps. As long as the reader has a good atlas, he or she can follow the treks of both Livingston and Stanley, which provides relief from a monotony of the travels. The atlas enhances excitement for "reading" about the journeys, for they were long and arduous. ... Read more

Review:Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

by journalist William C. Rhoden gives a no-holds barred, unadulterated low-down about highly paid black athletes and the juxtaposition of slavery. How did Rhoden come to the conclusion that most Black athletes are highly paid slaves? He starts off methodically detailing the history of African Americans sports dating back to the plantation when slaves were a commodity; property to be used for entertainment as ... Read more

Review:This exciting expedition to form the first Northwestern post to deal with furs here in the states and foreign lands thereafter was conducted on land and sea.
The gruelling land adventures led to starvation death and betrayal.
On sea,again led destruction of the sea adventure.
You can almost feel the depth of w hat these early explorers felt.
This is a good and historical read. Read more

Review:The most confusing book of the Earth Chronicles series. It talks about a lot of gods/godesses with their alternate names and the reader ends up with a lot of complicated thoughts. Plus some stuff is repeated from the rest of the series. Read more

Review:A fascinating and enlightening insight into the importance of geography and how it has shaped history and will play a central role in the future. Tim Marshall is a very talented writer and explains the issues behind geopolitics in a very interesting and intriguing manner. Read more

Review:Very informative and educational. East European names are confusing at times but to be expected. Chapters on the "disinformation campaign" against the church and Pope Pius XII should be a lesson to all on how the political left and particularly the communist party works with the press. Read more

Review:The print is small. Very, very small. This has never been a problem before now. I'm sure that book is good because I am veruy familiar with this author. However, the book is quite unreadable. Oh well, it's philosophy. Trying to make to make sense of the universe and life without God is a doomed venture anyway. I just wanted to get an overview. Bertrand Russell is correct, life has no meaning without God. Fortunately, there is one. Now a book explaining why the Creator made this life so challengi... Read more

Review:This is fascinating and explains the many nationalities and their personality traits of my ancestors, relatives, and friends, who are Northerners and Southerners: Some are Yankees (Wisconsin, Minnesota, northeast Iowa), some are Midlands (south central Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana), some are Appalachians (Tennessee), some are Far Westerners (North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming), some are Left Coasters (Oregon, California) and some are Southern (transplants living in Georgia and North Carolina). I... Read more

Review:Found this book to be very good reading, you learn things about America in the early 1800's that make you wonder why you've never heard of this stuff before. Some of it based on Lewis and Clarks notes from their journey, there is also some history from the various Spanish explorers that toured Florida and what was to become America, plus some on the mounds and mound builders found in various parts of America. I read the book twice, it was that good plus there is a lot to digest if you like histo... Read more