Tag: Book

Lynne Olson’s books fill our bookshelves for I have been reading her books for a long time.  This book is good—as you would expect from a writer and

This is a lovely series set in a world where every person has a special affinity for a particular element: water, fire, air, earth, and wood.  The individual

They did not invent or even perfect the automobile because Wilbur Wright “could not imagine how any contrivance that made such a racket and had so many things

She starts with the sidewalk.  The sidewalk, after all, is where we live most of our lives if we live in a city.  It’s where we walk, where

As with its precursor High Rage, it’s a little hard to describe the plot of Taking Hope.  OK, at one level it’s easy: Morgan (aka Scarface) has decided

A while back, I read an article about how a part of the reason for our opioid epidemic is our loneliness.  In many ways, Packer’s The Unwinding is

This is not a social studies book. It does not pretend to speak about the objectively real “facts on the ground.” Which means that while he tells up

There is a long tradition of American politicians using their offices to barter power and influence and to enrich themselves.  I know what you’re thinking—I am about to

This book is part philosophy and part fantasy.  It struggles with the themes of destiny, kinship (what does it mean to be kin to someone), love, what makes

If you have been watching economic news this week, you will have heard that the British pound collapsed in a “flash crash.”  Most news stories leave it at