Napoleon and the Hundred Days by Stephen Coote
In my efforts to bail out Kevin for his lack of posting, I am trying to post more book reviews. In that vein, Stephen Coote’s Napoleon and the Hundred Day...
Year: 2007
Knights of the Cross by Tom Harper
Tom Harper’s second book entitled Knights of the Cross which chronicles the adventures of Demetrios Askiates in the First Crusade is much better than his ...
The Battalion by Col. Robert W. Black
Colonel Robert Black’s The Battalion: The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II is a fascinating account of the unit that was made fa...
On The Wealth of Nations by P. J. O'Rourke
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is not typically viewed as airport reading these days. The treatise weighs in at 1200 or so pages. So perhaps it is app...
In the Mail – Catch Up Edition
Quite often these days when people ask how things are going I am reminded of that FedEx commercial (watch it here)where the guy pretends to be busy and says thi...
Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters
I just finished the fourth book in the Amelia Peabody Mystery Series by Elizabeth Peters – Lion in the Valley. It is kind of a continuation of the third b...