Review: "Never A Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded," by David Hepworth
If you are a baby boomer and love music, if you are a younger person and love music, if you have spent your life listening to tunes and...
Review: "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga" by Pamela Newkirk
As an accomplished work of historical biography this book serves on all accounts. This amazing, and rather brutal, reckoning of an...
Self Help Roundup Review: "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***," by Mark Manson / "Th
This is not my usual go to type of book(s). In fact, over many decades I may have read just a few self help style books and they were...
Review: "Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau," by Kevin Dann
I am a tremendous fan of Henry David Thoreau. I am sure that a large portion of my affection and respect for Thoreau grows out of an...
Review: "Immortal Irishman," by Timothy Egan
Thomas Meagher, an Irish orator who captured the hearts and minds of his fellow Irishmen during the 1840's, is the focus and driving...
Review: "The Girl on the Train," by Paula Hawkins
This book, published two years ago, got a lot of hype, a lot of press, and a lot of sales. The author's first book, she delivers a...
Review: "The Boys in the Boat; Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin
1936 - National Championship Crew from the University of Washington goes on to defeat the Nazi athletic machine in the Olympics. Most...
Review: "American Gods," by Neil Gaiman
This book is absolutely fantastic! Now that I have that out of my system let me state that American Gods falls bulls-eye into my...
Review: "End of Watch," by Stephen King
Why make a good thing bad? Mr. Mercedes was a wonderfully wrought, edge of your seat, psycho-murder mystery. The villain was truly...
Review: "Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life," by William Finnegan
Recommended by a friend, I wanted to like this book and found it, fair. Actually, it was a touch better than my opening sentence, but...