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Atoms atoms everywhere #CBR4
My seventh book in the CBR4 read was The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt. I picked this up on the recommendation of a friend who figured that a librarian would want to read...
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Books! The very long life of George F. Kennan #cbr4
Sadly it looks like I won’t make my goal of 52 books this year for Cannonball Read. I might still be able to read close to that number (maybe) but I don’t know that I can force out all of the reviews I...
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Books! A hawk and a dove walk into a bar … #cbr4
and the Cold War starts and ends and throughout they remain friends. The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War by Nicholas Thompson is a fabulous double...
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Books! Making of a President 1960 #cbr4
“For the President of the United States is not only the many men listed in the official catalogue of his powers–he is also the nation’s chief educator, the nation’s chief persuader, the nation’s master...
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Books! The ethics of savior siblings #cbr4
I would have never picked up The Match by Beth Whitehouse on my own. I read it as part of our Friends of the Libraries book discussion group. They read three books each semester and I try to read most...
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Books! Black helicopters?! Um, No.
I doubt this book will be the most popular entry for Cannonball Read, but I’m counting it as one of my 52. Get over it. Of course everyone wants to know all there is to know about the United Nations....
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Books! The true story of the Congress of Vienna
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski is not a book to approach lightly. It demands commitment and a willingness to wade through the numerous individuals...
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Books! Chicago and scoundrels #cbr5
My summer vacation reading is kicking off nicely even though I am mired down in a few books (Game of Thrones primarily). Coming back from a conference in Chicago I finished City of Scoundrels: The 12...
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Books! Hot Lava #cbr5
Woodcut of Krakatoa After reading Simon Winchester’s Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, I am embarrassed to admit that I learned about the volcano only after hearing the B-52′s song Hot Lava...
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Books! The US and the Middle East
Tony Horwitz is one of my favorite writers, probably my favorite nonfiction writer, and his Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia did not disappoint. Written prior to our Persian Gulf...
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