Tag: nonfiction
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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: The Lexicologist’s Handbook by Dane Cobain
I can’t say I’ve ever sat down and read a dictionary from cover to cover before. The Lexicologist’s Handbook isn’t your run-of-the-mill dictionary overwhelming in length. The pages are full of the more fun words in the English vocabulary…
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Book Review: The Core of Success by John Belvedere
Not intimidating in length and extremely organized, The Core of Success is a great starting point for people looking to bring some organizational skills to their lives and for people who are ready to put in the work to start achieving their goals…
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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…
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Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry
I read this more out of curiosity than genuine interest. I’m quite fond of Princess Diana and I mostly wanted to hear what Harry had to say about her…
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Book Review: Poetry FM by Lisa Hollenbach
In the age of the internet (and before that, television), radio was the form of mainstream media. Like our media today, it shaped the way people viewed the world. In this account of the airways post-World War II, we focus on poetry and the dawn of FM…