Books: History
Currently listing articles 1275-1251:
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Book Review: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks— An imagined history of a real book comes to life in this beautifully written historical novel.
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Book Review: The Fall Of Troy by Peter Ackroyd — Juxtaposes ancient gods with archaeologists who seek them. Parallels are closer than the intervening centuries might suggest.
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Book Review: Need to Know - UFOs, the Military, and Intelligence by Timothy Good— Timothy Good follows up Above Top Secret with another classic study of the UFO phenomenon.
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Book Review: Please Please Me by Gordon Thompson and Dusty! Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall— Two college professors dissect the music of the 1960s British Invasion, with varying results.
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Book Review: St Pancras Station by Simon Bradley — An odd little book, mostly an architectural history, but with some great snippets of social anecdote about one of the great train stations of Europe.
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Book Review: The Enchantress Of Florence by Salman Rushdie— A historical fantasy that's both a pleasure to read and an education in its recreation of two of history's most fascinating cities.
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Book Review: I Believe In Yesterday by Tim Moore— The author steps joins Roman re-enactors and Viking retromaniacs, and discovers they're not just playing for time.
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Book Review: Ted Williams At War by Bill Nowlin— This is simply the best and most comprehensive book on Ted Williams' heroic wartime experiences. Period.
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Book Review: The King's Daughter - A Novel of the First Tudor Queen by Sandra Worth— An Elizabethan page-turner that offers realistic melodrama, intrigue and suspense, plotting and murder, love and hate.
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Book Review: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson— Ultimately readers are given tons of facts to digest and little on character development.
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Book Review: Twice As Good - Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power by Marcus Mabry— Newsweek editor Marcus Mabry examines the life of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and how she rose to power and influence.
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Book Review: Return to Chauvet Cave - Excavating the Birthplace of Art: The First Full Report by Jean Clottes— The closest we can get to the brilliantly preserved traces of the previous users - human and animal.
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Book Review: Human Landscapes From My Country - An Epic Novel In Verse By Nazim Hakmet— Hikmet has created a panoramic view of Turkey and her people.
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Book Review: Marie Antoinette - The Last Queen of France by Evelyne Lever— No, she wasn't faithful, but the reasons for that were understandable, and human.
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Book Review: The Real Queen of France - Athenais and Louis XIV by Lisa Hilton— We can do with positive, approving accounts of powerful women – particularly those who've started from practically nowhere.
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Book Review: Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard— Not one to read romance, this novel waylaid me until the wee hours, proving itself to be the most addictive novel I have ever read.
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Book Review: The Duel - Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power by Tariq Ali — An interesting study about Pakistan and how it came to be.
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Book Review: Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain by Kristen Menger-Anderson— Quirky, sometimes disturbing, and often disjointed, this book is still worth reading for the well-researched history of medicine.
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Book Review: Glaucia the Greek Slave - A Tale of Athens in the First Century by Emma Leslie— Darkness, confusion and loneliness give way to light and love as two forsaken adolescents find their way into God's welcoming arms in Ancient Greece.
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Book Review: The American Twins of the Revolution by Lucy Fitch Perkins— 1777, the American Revolution. A vital mission, unexpected danger and intense loyalty mingle in this vintage reprint from Salem Ridge Press.
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Book Review: Charlatan - America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock— The self-aggrandizing goat-gland king must be dethroned. And it’s up to "the great quack buster of his day ... the hellhound on his trail."
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Book Review: Visions of Paradise edited by Bronwen Latimer— National Geographic reveals heaven on Earth.
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Book Review: The Nine - Inside The Secret World Of The Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin— I highly recommend this, especially to Americans.
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Beyond the Books: Interview with Lloyd Lofthouse, Author of My Splendid Concubine— "Hopefully, from what I learned, readers will be more sensitive about the differences that exist between the West and the East."
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Book Review: Know It All - The Little Book of Essential Knowledge by Susan Aldridge, Elizabeth King Humphrey, and Julie Whitake— Test YOUR knowledge of nine major subject areas! (Including bumblebee bats and ball bearings to boot.)
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