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The Sultan’s Seal: A Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels) – White, Jenny

This is another detective series set in Ottoman Istanbul, albeit later in the 19th century than Jason Goodwin's Inspector Yashim...

Michael C. Smith
December 29, 2014
Books History - General World War II

The Dam Busters: 1943 – The Race to Smash the Dams – James Holland

I just finished this audiobook, and really enjoyed it. One of the first models I remember building was a Dam...

Michael C. Smith
December 10, 2014
Books History - General World War II

FDR – Jean Edward Smith

It has taken me literally months to listen to this comprehensive biography of Roosevelt by Jean Edward Smith, whose Eisenhower...

Michael C. Smith
October 13, 2014
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The Bones of St. Peter – John Evangelist Walsh

I picked this book up in a souvenir store just off St. Peter's Square in Rome in July since when...

Michael C. Smith
September 16, 2014
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Mynd – calendar/daily management app

I am always looking for ways to be more productive, or at least more obsessive-compulsive, and this morning I spent...

Michael C. Smith
August 23, 2014
Books History - General

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War: Max Hastings

It took me several months to get through this book, and when I finally did, I didn't feel that I...

Michael C. Smith
August 22, 2014
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The Baklava Club: A Novel (Investigator Yashim) – Jason Goodwin

This is, I think, the fifth of Goodwin's inspector Yashim novels, and I think is an improvement other over the...

Michael C. Smith
August 20, 2014
Books History - General World War II

‘The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942’ by Nigel Hamilton

This is one of the better books I have read lately. Hamilton does a very good job telling the story...

Michael C. Smith
August 19, 2014
Books World War II

Cage on the Sea – Ohno, Kaoru (trans. Murra, Giles)

I recently ran across what looks like an interesting book for those interested in the Pacific War - "Cage on...

Michael C. Smith
August 13, 2014
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The Smith frat house

We are officially running the equivalent of a frat house here out on Harris Lake Road.  The only difference is...

Michael C. Smith
May 31, 2014

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