Review:Fascinating primer on the founding of Islam and the complex history of people and thought that followed. If you read nothing else, read the final chapter for a take on Islam that you won't find in popular media. A must read. Read more

Review:The Summer of 1787 is quite simply a well written book. The author very skillfully presents both sketches of the participant personalities and the
events that transpired. If you want to know about the significant elements of the Constitution and how they were included, this is the book to read.
The author excels at explaining the impact of the subject of slave states
versus free states. What I wanted to do as a reader was visit the events
of the Constitutional Convention, learn what ... Read more

Review:Gripping courtroom drama involving a mysterious boating accident, a fascinating search for the truth, and a climatic trail to reach a verdict. The tragic boating accident which begins the book happened just outside San Francisco in the Pacific in an area renown for rough seas and rapid changes to ocean conditions. What began as an accident quickly became a hard fought court case between the widow of the captain of the boat and the relatives of his guests. From the perspective of the attorney ... Read more

Review:I read Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony by Lee G. Miller and loved it. It’s the story of, (surprise surprise), the lost first colony of America at Roanoke Virginia. Because Lee Miller is an historian and a clever person she postulates very convincingly a political motivation for the colony’s demise, turning America’s first European adventure and tragedy into an historical whodunnit. It’s a wonderful book and led me to write three outlines for possible novels based on the ideas, ch... Read more

Review:In Strong Men Armed, author Robert Leckie provides us with a narrative of the Marine Corps action throughout all their major campaigns of the Pacific War. Leckie was a journalist and author from Philadelphia who wrote many works of military history, the best known being the memoir of his own time serving as a Marine infantryman in WW2 entitled, "Helmet for My Pillow."

Strong Men Armed is not a scholarly work. It can best be described as a narrative, instead of a history. The author rev... Read more

Review:Very interesting perspective that this man writes from about his childhood. I had to read it for a class at school, and actually ended up enjoying it a lot!! I enjoy history and first-hand experiences, so this book was a great fit! He also tells it from adulthood so he is able to add in those things that have affected him his entire life! Read more

Review:"Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba" was written by longtime NPR reporter Tom Gjelten, and my copy came with a sticker on the cover saying it was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. For better and worse, that tells you most of what you need to know about "Bacardi."

"Bacardi" is well written and well researched, and tells a lively narrative with interesting details about the extended Bacardi family and rum business they founded, as well as the times they lived through in Cuba and ... Read more

Review:Interesting biography of that day and age. Interesting information about inside information about the financial crises faced by a lot of supposed "well-to-do" families, and how important "image" was to them. I have a feeling that this book would appeal more to women and to men. The family tree included in the book is very helpful, too. 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

Review:These books (two of them) covers every subject you always wanted to know more about. Great for Doctor's office or red lights. The material is short and full of knowledge.

I great present.

Phyllis Pentecost Read more