The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 by Michael Neiberg
The book is an excellent overview of the various forces that helped free Paris from German occupation. These forces included not only the armed forces of the A...
Year: 2013
Ronald Reagan by Michael Schaller
If you are looking for a biography that takes Reagan's ideas and policies seriously you will need to look elsewhere. But this short work does nevertheless provi...
Ronald Reagan by Michael Schaller
If you are looking for a biography that takes Reagan's ideas and policies seriously you will need to look elsewhere. But this short work does nevertheless provi...
Book Finds: The Tree of Here by Chaim Potok (Tony Auth, illustrator)
Perhaps the wistfulness and oddness feel different two decades later. In fact, I like how it is rather odd (with a comic book feel to the illustrations on some...
Okay For Now selected for NPR's Backseat Book Club
Kudos to NPR because Okay For Now is a great book. Here is what I said about Wednesday Wars and Okay For Now back in 2011: Great stories, great characters, ima...
February blogapolooza cancelled for lack of interest
Yes, you read that right. My “blog everyday in February ” masterplan failed. Weakened early by a nasty virus, it has finally collapsed because I jus...