Category: history
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Book Review: The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz by Sara Leibovits & Eti Elboim
I’ve read a number of Holocaust memoirs over the years. While they are all unique and heart-wrenching in their own right, The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz is a standout…
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Book Review: Reaching for the Stars by José M. Hernández
I had the honor of getting to hear José Hernández speak while I was visiting the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. His story and outlook on life are inspiring…
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Book Review: Taming the Street by Diana B. Henriques
Since I was a kid, I’ve always had an interest in the Great Depression (thanks American Girl!). Over the years I’ve collected bits and pieces of it through different media and my own research. Aside from other books about Franklin Delano Roosevelt which speak a lot about the Great Depression, I haven’t read any books…
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Book Review: Waco by Jeff Guinn
The psychology behind cults fascinates me to no end. I was moderately familiar with the Waco incident but I never could have imagined its lengthy history…
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Book Review: UFOs and the National Security State by Richard M. Dolan
I’ve been on a major UFO kick lately and this book was a grail of information…
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Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity by Amy Shira Teitel
I had decent expectations from this book. I read a lot of books that discuss the dawn of the space age. I haven’t yet read a book that focuses so much on Wernher von Braun, though his name naturally makes an appearance in any space book about this era…
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Book Review: Bringing Columbia Home by Michael D. Leinbach and Jonathan H. Ward
I wasn’t aware of the magnitude of the tragedy at the time, however, I vividly remember the loss of the Columbia crew back in 2003. Despite having memories of the tributes and magazine covers, I’ve never actually read about the accident in my adult life…
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Book Review: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Behind Jack the Ripper is the lives of his victims. Given the illusiveness of this particular killer, the women he slayed tend to be swept aside. This book gives them a voice…
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Book Review: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
I didn’t realize first going into this that this was a memoir. I guess from the cover I assumed it was a depiction of the Holocaust with a ‘cat and mouse’ metaphor. I realized as soon as I started reading that this wasn’t fiction and it made the analogy all the more powerful…
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Book Review: Girl Around the World by Dorothy Kilgallen
When I say that I’ve been looking for a copy of this book to read for years, I’m not exaggerating. Long out of print and a rare/expensive find, I finally traveled to read a library copy. Given how long I’ve waited, my rating may be a bit biased, but I’m also quite confident I would…