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...
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...
FDR – Jean Edward Smith
It has taken me literally months to listen to this comprehensive biography of Roosevelt by Jean Edward Smith, whose Eisenhower...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
The Smith frat house
We are officially running the equivalent of a frat house here out on Harris Lake Road. The only difference is...