Enlightenment Now By Steven Pinker This is one of my favorite books from this summers reading. Pinker sees the flow of history and writes about what has worked and what hasn’t. He ends up about ...Read More
Between Two Scorpions by Jim Geraghty I know Jim Geraghty as a columnist for National Review. It turns out that he is also a very good adventure/spy/action writer. It is a quick read with memorable ch...Read More
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 Pioneers By David McCullough I’m sorry to have to say this but this is not McCullough’s best book. It has interesting moments and excellently researched details but it’s scope is...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