Review:AMAZING ACCOUNT OF THE US ENTRY INTO WW1
TO THIS DAY UNKNOWN FACTORS HAVING PUSHED WILSON INTO IT
BARBARA TUCHMAN WRITING PACKS POWER AND STUNNING AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH

IN A WORD TUCHMAN WHEN IT ROCKS! Read more

Review:This book does a great job of explaining the beginnings, course, and outcome of the war in an enlightening way that doesn’t feel tedious. Along the way there are mini-chapters that explain various elements of background to give context to the people and events being discussed in the main chapters. I have read many books on WWI and this is probably the best to start with as it really does help the reader to make sense of all of the disparate elements inherent in a telling of a worldwide war. Read more

Review:This book does an excellent job of describing both the hope of a better life and the crushing agony of defeat of the pioneers. The photographs enhance the hopelessness of the people. My only complaint is that the book followed the same script as the PBS series. Having read previous books on the dust bowl, I learned nothing knew. Read more

Review:The book, The Storm Before the Storm, by Mike Duncan was published in 2017. The impressively well-researched, concise, and scholarly work relates to the stone-throwing, sword-wielding history of Rome during the time period roughly four to seven generations before the birth of Jesus Christ. A stark sense of foreboding begins to dawn on you when you read between the lines. You find the inference "raising an army in Rome was not difficult" has far-reaching implications. In addition, the author ... Read more

Review:Graeber's book is a monumental investigation of debt and money in terms of how these entities have actually existed in relation to each other over the course of history. His investigations show that throughout history, there have been as many economic arrangements and monetary practices as there have been societies. The modern world, in which one monetary regime dominates the civilized world, is an extreme anomaly in this regard.

Graeber demonstrates fascinating connections between comm... Read more

Review:American Gospel is right on target. Americans are fortunate that our founders conceived the wall of separation between church and state. These educated and forward thinking representatives had the historical knowledge to realize the folly of alternatives. Read more

Review:An excellent, thoughtful tour of Texas' great recent past and troubling current political climate. Also filled with very interesting historical tributes, tid bits and trivia. Should be required reading in every Texas high school senior government class. Read more

Review:Christopher Hitchens is dead, Hillary is retiring, and we have seen the arrival of two presidents who are certainly Clinton's intellectual inferiors. While they may be moral in matters of the bedroom, their politics seem almost as smarmy as the Clintons'. This year's field of Republican candidates does not seem as tainted by scandal as Clinton, but they are likewise untainted by much promise of talent.

Read this for historical interest, and the beauty of Hitchens' writing. Read more

Review:An enjoyable examination of Thomas Jefferson, his life, his foibles and his inconsistencies. If you enjoy Hitch's writing style and acerbic denouements, you'll enjoy this. If not, probably best to steer clear. Also, Hitch was, if nothing else, a well researched fellow who willingly slaughtered sacred cows. If you're coming into this with ideas of a political agenda or that Jefferson was a consistent and affable gentleman... You would do well to examine those beliefs in this book. Read more

Review:This was a great book and a great introduction to the history of WWII.
My 7 and 4 year old enjoyed it. We read this in perpetration to visit Ann Frank's house in Amsterdam.
But now my kids are asking for more.... So obviously it's been great...
I only gave it 4 star because it will probably be too simple after 3 rd grade. Read more