by michaeld | Apr 2, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Twenty Ways to Get Malaria in the Burmese Jungle By Gordon Thorburn Pen & Sword Military, $39.99, 207 pages This book provides an unbelievable wealth of information on the daily lives of the Scottish soldiers that were sent to fight the Japanese in...
by michaeld | Mar 5, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
The Surfing Dudes Meet the Rockpile crew. By Don Winslow Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $15.00, 338 pages This book is one in a series by author Don Winslow written around a group of surfing buddies in Pacific Beach, California. The group known as the...
by michaeld | Jan 22, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
Comics on Comics: What Could be Funnier? Edited by Garry Berman Bear Manor Media, $14.95, 130 pages This small yet funny and interesting book is loaded with quotes by one comedian about another comedian. Many are complementary, but not all. Below are...
by michaeld | Dec 29, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
The Tragic WWII Siege When St. Petersburg was Called Leningrad By Anna Reid Walker & Company, $30.00, 492 pages This is the tragic story of the siege of Leningrad, Russia by the German Nazi army during World War II. It is well written and thoroughly...
by michaeld | Nov 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
A Lifetime in Orgainized Crime By Jon Roberts, Evan Wright Crown 28.00 547 pages “For my father evil was a tool. In the early 1970’s I realized I was different than him. Evil for me was not just a tool. I liked doing the evil thing.” This book is about a...