Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Too anyone who knows me, it will come as no surprise that I am a big (and I do mean BIG!) John Wayne fan. My in-laws are no exception to this. Indeed, they delighted me the last couple of holidays with some delightful John Wayne related gifts, and this year ...
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
The Great Decision by Cliff Sloan and David McKean is a highly engaging book about the early days of the United States and the Supreme Court. It is more than an analysis of the decision in Marbury v. Madison; it is a history of the early days of Washington D.C., ...
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Last night I finished reading Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lt. Col. Mike Snook. This book details out how the battle came about in the aftermath of the British defeat at Isandlwana, how the defensive perimeter was laid out, the geography of the area, ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
A Song in Stone by Walter Hunt is a story about a 21st century man, Ian Graham, who finds himself locked in Medieval France on the path to becoming a Templar, weeks before the Templar order is banned and many of its members tortured and killed. It's not quite science ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
I now have twelve of the Nostalgia Ventures Doc Savage reprints, and have read three of them. That means nine more to go, which is a fair amount of reading. I am going to gloss over all three of the ones I have read in this review. They are #13-15, ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I have never understood the fervent idolatry of Che Guevara. For decades he has been held up as the poster child of revolution and freedom. Movies have been made about his exploits and his death, perpetuating the idea that he was a great hero of human freedom. I've always ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is an interesting discourse on politics and revolution. Heinlein paints an interesting saga of a revolt on the moon against the Terran authorities who control all aspects of the lives of those living on the lunar colonies. It won the Hugo Award for Best ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
This year being the Centennial marking the birth of Robert A. Heinlein, a lot of renewed interest in his works has been sparked. While attending Convergence (this was opposite the Heinlein Centennial Celebration taking place in St. Louis) there was a discussion on his works and Starship Troopers was brought ...
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. This is the last volume in the famed "Harry Potter" series, and it is a very good sendoff for the series. I will not include any spoilers. I'll not even tell you about Hermione having Draco Malfoy's ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
I've not had as much time to write as I have been furiously reading to finish the current book on my shelf. The good news is I finished reading it. The bad news is it isn't the new Harry Potter book.
In Danger's Path by W.E.B Griffin is the 8th ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
This year is the Centennial of the birth of Robert A. Heinlein. As such, I have been going through a phase of reading and rereading a number of his works, so I thought I would share some of them with you.
Tunnel In The Sky is the story of survival ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
Every American is acutely aware of the terrorist attack on 9/11. Many Americans are not aware of the many threads of fate that is the web of al-Qaeda and International Islamic Terrorism that lead up to that horrible day.
The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence ...
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
I heard about Prayers For The Assassin during an interview of the author, Joe Ferrigno, on the Hugh Hewitt show and decided I had to read it. And am I glad I did.
The year is 2040, and the landscape of America, and the world, has changed. After atomic bombs were ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
The latest installment in the Harry Potter series takes on even darker tones as J. K. Rowling continues to spin her web of mystery around the conflict between Harry and Lord Voldemort. The story opens with a meeting between Snape and several Death Eaters, discussing a plot that involves ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2005
Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is about Hillarys war against the new media and the rightwing journalists of the Internet who have made on-line journalism a success.
I have mixed feelings about this book; some of it I found to be quite interesting and informative, which is what I look ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
Born Fighting by James Webb is a mixture of memoir, history, and migration paths of the Scots-Irish. The timeframe it covers is from the pre-Roman times through to today. The influence of the Scots-Irish people on America is significant and profound, with their view of bottom-up leadership, the ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
Blog, by Hugh Hewitt, is a combination history lesson and look into the future, as the patron saint of the blogosphere demonstrates the impact of blogs on the political landscape. He begins simply enough with an outline of how blogs have had a tremendous impact on media and reporting, ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2005
Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. with Mark W. Davis. This book is a guide to the past, present, and potential future of Hillary Clinton, and why she needs to be defeated as soon as possible. It goes into great ...
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Sunday, December 5th, 2004
This book is part memoir, part how-to and part what went wrong. It's all about the Democratic party and where it was fifty years ago versus where it is today. and how it got that way. Miller writes about his upbringing, and how it shaped is outlook on life and ...
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Friday, October 8th, 2004
This is a handbook on winning elections and why it is not only important that the GOP wins, but why it is critical for GOP victory. It is also a book I wish I had read, had it been available, 10-15 years ago. It would have prevented a ...
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