Category: history
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Book Review: Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
Having read two of St. Augustine’s key works (City of God and Confessions) the past two Lenten seasons, I felt that it was time to read from another saint. I wasn’t intimidated by the size after City of God, but as soon as I started reading, I realized that I’d picked up a heavy work…
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Book Review: The Madness Pill by Justin Garson
Growing up with a mother who works in the field of psychology, I inherited her interest in the subject. This title instantly caught my attention. I’ve never read deeply into the medical side of things, so I was excited to branch out…
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Book Review: The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel
It goes without saying what an incredible scientist Marie Curie was. Though I’ve been pretty fascinated by the history of radiation use in science, this was the first time I’ve read about either of the Curies…
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Book Review: Manson Exposed by Ivor Davis
This is the second book about Charles Manson that I’ve read and it was perhaps more horrifying the second time around. The first one I read (Chaos by Tom O’Niell) had more emphasis on the 1960s and the government as a whole, while this one focused more on Manson, his followers, and his victims…
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Book Review: Finding Judge Crater by Stephen J. Riegel
I somehow had never heard of Judge Crater until recently, at least not consciously. After watching the History’s Greatest Mysteries episode on his disappearance, I immediately started looking up books. Surprisingly, I didn’t find many (at least on Audible)…
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Book Review: Lost by Rachel Hartigan
Even as a little kid, I was obsessed with Amelia Earhart’s story (shoutout to Jay Jay the Jet Plane). I circle around to her every so often, and I was excited to see this book title pop up in an email not long after falling down a YouTube rabbit hole of Amelia Earhart content…
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Book Review: Havana Syndrome by Robert W. Baloh & Robert E. Bartholomew
The Havana Syndrome incident has fascinated me, although I don’t claim to be an expert on what happened. I’d hoped this book would further inform me on the subject, but it felt far too dismissive…
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Book Review: Night of the Assassins by Howard Blum
A couple of years ago, I read Brad Meltzer’s book The Nazi Conspiracy, which also explores this topic. I must have purchased this book shortly after reading that and I was reminded of it when scrolling through my audiobook library. As much as I enjoyed that book, I felt that this one delved much deeper, granted,…
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Book Review: Alcatraz: The Last Escape by Ken Widner and Mike Lynch
For years, I’ve been fascinated by both Alcatraz as an institution as well as the famous escape. Although this book focuses far more on the escape, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of history about the jail and some of the better-known inmates included as well…
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Book Review: The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island by Scott Davis Dawson
I’ve become moderately interested in the Lost Colony of Roanoke in the past year and found a couple of audiobooks on the subject. I haven’t looked deeply beyond that format, but I was surprised that not much was coming up on Audible. I was excited to dive into this one, but I was disappointed to…