Books: History
Currently listing articles 1162-1151:
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Book Review: Doo Wop by "Cousin Brucie" Morrow— Watching the submarine races with doo wop.
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Book Review: Havana Nocturne - How The Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost it To The Revolution by T.J. English— A fascinating tale of Cuba's most notorious times, when the Mob took control of life, from day to day politics to nighttime activities.
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Book Review: Blood River - A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher— Takes you gently through the 20th-century horror ride that is the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Book Review: A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr— Andrew Marr challenges my impression of a bland and lifeless post-war Britain.
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Book Review: Ashes To The Vistula by Bill Copeland— Auschwitz concentration camp is the setting for this World War Two novel about loyalty and betrayal.
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Interview with Jennifer Cody Epstein, Author of The Painter from Shanghai— "The struggle to become an artist against seemingly insurmountable odds was something I could relate to."
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Book Review: The 99th Monkey - A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments by Eliezer Sobel— With Sobel as our guide we laugh, scream, cry, vomit, and refuse to drink the water used to cleanse the guru's sandals.
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Book Review: The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
— The author breathes life into Pan Yulaing, and when the book ends, she only leaves you wanting more.
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Book Review: Unknown Waters by Alfred S McLaren— The equivalent of driving across the United States with no map, blindfolded.
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Book Review: Emperor! A Romance of Ancient China by Lanny Fields— Emperor! tells the combined stories of Emporer Ying Jeng and a Roman that he befriends, Marcus Lucius Scipio.
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Interview with Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Author of Mrs. Lieutenant— "I’ve wanted to write this book for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant in the spring of 1970 during the Vietnam
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Book Review: The Spanish Inquisition – An Historical Revision by Henry Kamen— Details the ideology, processes and consequences of an infamous pursuit of religious purity.
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