Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Len Deighton Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, World War II 344 pages, published February 12, 1979 Reading Format: Book Summary SS-GB: Nazi-occupied Britain, 1941 is a detective story set within an alternative history scenario in which the United Kingdom has surrendered and is occupied by Nazi Germany. The King is a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Scot Reader Author: Mary Stewart Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Mythology 494 pages, published 1970 Reading Format: Book Summary The Crystal Cave takes place in fifth century Britain, a country torn by chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. The book tells the story of a young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Ron Chernow Genre: Non Fiction, History, Biography, Politics 818 pages, published March 29, 2005 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary As the title suggests, the book is a biography of Alexander Hamilton, the founding father who had a tremendous influence on shaping the newly created United States. Author Ron Chernow conveys […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin Genre: Non Fiction, History, Theology, Sociology 272 pages, published August 12, 2003 Reading Format: Book Summary Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why did Hitler consider murdering Jews more important than winning World War II? Why has […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Jancy Campbell Author: John M. Barry Genre: Non Fiction, History 524 pages, published April 2, 1998 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary In 1927, the Mississippi River overflowed its banks and swept across an area roughly equal in size to Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined, leaving water as deep as […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Scott Adams Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Self Improvement 248 pages, published October 22, 2013 Reading Format: e-Book on Overdrive Summary In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams relates all of the mistakes he has made in his life and how making them […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Jackie Funk Author: Catherine Steadman Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime 342 pages, published June 5, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary When documentary filmmaker and Londoner Erin meets and then marries the handsome and successful investment banker Mark, she believes she has achieved the perfect life. However, when Mark loses his […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Boulder Librarian Author: Paula McLain Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Foreign 366 pages, published July 28, 2015 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Circling the Sun tells the compelling story of Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. While this feat is remarkable in itself, there is a lot […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Tom Hanks Genre: Fiction, Short Stories 405 pages, published October 17, 2017 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary A collection of 17 short stories by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks. Each story in some way involves a typewriter. Quotes “In the real world (ours) every day in Gotham is a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Mr. Groovy Genre: Non Fiction, Personal Finance, Economics, Self Improvement, Politics, Public Policy 448 pages, published January 23, 2018 Reading Format: e-Book on Kindle Summary Summary: The Groovy Guide to Financial Independence is part memoir, part instruction manual, part freedomnista manifesto on how to retire early, indeed on how to […]