by Katie Richards | May 10, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History
John Prevas, a leading contemporary authority on Hannibal, has set out in this book to evoke the figure of Hannibal for the average reader with an interest in history, and in this he is largely successful. He gives enough background on Hannibal that the average reader...
by Addison Fleming | Apr 26, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Coogan’s latest foray into Irish history commences on the eve of the 1916 Easter Rising. In subsequent chapters Coogan examines the implications of this event. Ireland fought for independence from England, but at what cost? Amid redefining the reborn Irish state, the...
by Whitney Smyth | Apr 17, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Featured, History, Sponsored, War & Military
Neal F. Thompson’s Reckoning: Vietnam and America’s Cold War Experience, 1945-1991 is a complicated, yet well-researched work of nonfiction. At first glance, this 500 + page book can be overwhelming for many. However, Neal has broken things down nicely by framing the...
by Katie Richards | Apr 16, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Music, Pop Culture
Ann Powers, the well-known popular music critic that many readers will know from NPR, brings her famous voice to print in Good Booty. The book is a history of American popular music, with particular concentration on the ways that popular music works as a nexus point...
by Howard Leighton | Mar 14, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Most of us know there is oxygen and carbon dioxide in our air (atmosphere). Sam Kean makes a book about the makeup of the atmosphere interesting and entertaining. This book is actually about the atmosphere of the earth and the air we breathe. As a way of introduction...
by Norman West | Feb 23, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Religion
This is an EXPLOSIVE book! It is a catalogue of betrayal of the Church’s status as the world’s leading religion and alliances with worldly organizations for monetary as well as political gain. The author was a devout catholic while growing up in Scranton Pennsylvania....
