Review:A journalist in The Economist suggested that the Liberian civil war, unlike other wars, has left no literary legacy. Shoddy conclusion. Read Leymah Gbowee's "Might be our Powers" and then Heleen Cooper's "The House at Sugar Beach" to prove The Economist wrong. Both books are written by intelligent women from very different back-grounds but with a powerful tale to tell about the war in Liberia. I can recommend The House on Sugar Beach for those interested in Liberia - and for those not but who a... Read more

Review:This is a very good general account of Carthage. Aimed at a broad audience, this is probably a good summary of recent scholarship on Carthage. Any book on Carthage faces the major obstacle of the rather limited information on Carthage. Surviving Carthaginian documentation is scanty with the great majority of historical information coming from partial Greek and Roman historian supplemented by epigraphic and archaeological data. A good deal of this book is a careful recounting and analysis of ... Read more

Review:First rate telling of the host of problems and lack of solutions that swallowed this empire. Provides a much more detailed description of the individuals and issues that were, or were not, dealt with in the course of the power vacuum and collapse. Read more

Review:Another engaging historical tale told by this amazing author of non-fiction. After reading about Churchill's early years I was left wanting to know more about this vastly interesting and amazingly flawed individual who goes on to accomplish his perceived destiny after the exploits so well described in this book. I am fan of this author who hit another home run with this book. Read more

Review:Pretty good writing style but somewhat superficial. Court Gentry is hard to identify with or understand the way he thinks. The book is entertaining enough to keep reading but when I was finished it felt neither enthusiastic about it nor sorry that I read it. Read more

Review:Having just returned from a safari to Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia, I thoroughly enjoyed the authors entertaining yet sobering tales of his experiences as a safari guide. All of the guides I encountered on my trip were professional, fun and extremely competent. I fell in love with Africa and highly recommend this book to anyone about to embark on a safari or anyone, like me, who has experienced one and appreciated the wonders of the abundant wildlife. Read more

Review:Incredible research and engaging story-telling . . . the detail boggles the mind. This is a very long read, but the telling is so visual that it is performed before you as you turn the pages. Well done! Read more

Review:Relaxing entertainment, humorous adventure. Unexpectedly, the international spy absurdity works and I will read more of the series. Love a book that's written to draw me into the location with vivid descriptions. Read more

Review:I read Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" in college in the early 1960s. It was an assigned reading in my only sociology class so I can't claim any credit for discovering the book on my own. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and into more recent times, "The Wretched of the Earth" has been high on the reading lists of every Social Science and History department of every significant university in the USA, in the rest of the Western Hemisphere nations except when the universities have been cl... Read more