Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
I listened to the audiobook in the car during my daily commute and enjoyed it. I really liked the sections dealing with Owen Brick and the other world of civil ...
Tag: United States
Pacific Air by David Sears
Popular history at its best ... an excellent job of writing about the American effort to defeat Japan during World War II in an easy-to-read format.
Quick Takes: American Grace
I found this to be a fascinating and informative look at religious life in America.
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern by John Gray
I am not sure you really read a book like this for policy prescriptions or fine tuned philosophical analysis. Instead, you want to have Gray get on his soap box...
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life by Marshall Frady
History is indeed messy, and prophets and heroes are rarely simple, but in the hands of skilled writers and thinkers this only makes the past more interesting. ...