Read Online: History & Biography
The Emperor of All Maladies (2010)
It's really hard for me to rate this book because I read for pleasure and it was not a pleasurable book to read (or in my case, listen). For me it was an achievement to finish it because it was a bit over my head in parts and I found my thoughts wandering. Still, I did learn a bit about cancer ...
Columbine (2009)
I want to say this is a well researched and written book, because for the most part it is. I don't take issue with Cullen's conclusions regarding primary motivation. He obviously did an incredible amount of research and knows a great deal more about all the circumstances surrounding the case than...
The Distant Hours (2010)
An homage to classic Gothic literature, Morton's text is haunting and suspenseful, interlaced with the mournful secrets of family legacies and jilted lovers. Following the arrival of a mysterious letter to her mother 50 years after its creation, London book editor Edie Burchill finds herself draw...
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever (2011)
In the days before the internet and the 24 hour news cycle, few historical accounts of major events captured the key moments on an hour-by-hour basis. "Killing Lincoln" is different. Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard have given us an account of the key events leading up to the assassina...
Winter of the World (2012)
The soap opera continues in volume 2, and I mean that in the best possible sense. This is the second in Ken Follett's historical fiction Century Trilogy, a stroll through the madness of the 20th Century. Winter of the World takes us through WWII through the eyes of the English, the Welsh, the Fre...
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (2011)
About a third of the way through the book and reading about Ambassador's Dodd's daughter's escapades, it struck me how much this was like one of the movie comedies from the same era. The upright father: befuddled and ineffective in the midst of all that is going on. The wife: equally ineffective ...
The Grapes of Wrath (1936)
The Grapes of Wrath tells the story of the Joad family, in particular Tom Joad, of Oklahoma and how the Dust Bowl of the 30s sees the family move West. The great promise of California - as shown in the handbills distributed - eludes the family and the journey is relentless and wears the family d...