The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson I read this book to prepare for my walking tour of Normandy. And I was prepared. I knew about the Mulberry Harbours the failed paratroop drops and the Omaha bea...Read More
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist by Alexander Berkman It is rare that a literate man is sent to prison for a long time and survives to write about it. I read this memoir to better understand the effect ...Read More
A Golfers Dream by Larry Berle If you need your spirits lifted read this book. I am not a golfer even though I live in the golf capital of America, Phoenix, Arizona. I read A Golfer’s Dream beca...Read More
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer If you care about fairness and justice this is a disturbing book. It is also a book about hope. The Native Americans were totally defeated by 1900 their n...Read More
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin We are going to Lyon for the Women’s World Cup. One of the things that Lyon is known for is their public murals. We are going to try and see them all. Tha...Read More
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner This is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Stegner is a great writer of fiction and the story he tells about Powell seems at times to be f...Read More
The Aleppo Codex By Matti Friedman This book is a nonfiction thriller about an ancient book. It is educational and exciting. It doesn’t end neatly the way good fiction does. The villains, and th...Read More
First, Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman on the Supreme Court. She was nominated by Ronald Reagan and was confirmed by an overwhelming majority in the ...Read More
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore The book is historical fiction and the story is compelling but the historical inaccuracies, even though admitted, left me wanting stronger fare. It tells the sto...Read More
The Rose Garden at Encanto Park in Phoenix is not the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena and we got there after the first bloom. Which because of the heat may be the only bloom in Phoenix. We did catch th...Read More