by michaeld | Apr 19, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
By Peter Spiegelman Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95, 320 pages It’s been quite a while since I’ve read a thriller that actually thrilled me. Thick as Thieves is a gritty, no-nonsense yarn about a group of criminals planning and executing a heist of the...
by michaeld | Nov 29, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
It’s Good To Be the King! By Peter Ackroyd Thomas Dunne Books, $29.99, 486 pages Foundation: the History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors is the first book of a six volume set. If this first book is any indication, the set...
by michaeld | Nov 26, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Young Adult
Every Book Should Feature Zeppelin Pirates! By Ian McDonald PYR 16.95 280 pages A year ago, I reviewed Ian McDonald’s 2011 YA novel Planesrunner and asked the question whether there’s ever been a book that featured zeppelin pirates that wasn’t...
by Site Owner | Jun 14, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Science & Technology
By Mark Anderson Da Capo Press, $26.00, 280 pages Close your eyes, and imagine a scientist. Your mental image is very likely a nerdy, white, middle-aged (or older) man in a lab coat on a university campus. From our perch at the beginning of the 21st century, it’s easy...
by Site Owner | Apr 13, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
By Michael Sage Pen & Sword, $39.95, 188 pages Part of a series of books regarding the development of the Roman world from Pen & Sword Press, Roman Conquests: Gaul details the campaigns undertaken by Julius Caesar from 60-50 B.C.. I have yet to read the other...
