Roosevelt’s Navy: The Education of a Warrior President, 1882-1920 – James Tertis de Kay
This was a magnificent little book. It focuses on Roosevelt's tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to...
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War – Paul Kennedy
This was my second read of this interesting little book. Kennedy studies five problems that the Allies faced in World...
Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America Paperback – Jared Cohen
I knew I'd be interested in the topic, but not "this" interested. 33 years ago my professional report (LBJ lingo...
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible And Why / Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them) – Bart Ehrman
One of my favorite Teaching Company videos is Dr. Bart Ehrman’s on the New Testament, where he goes into what...
Alexander Hamilton – Ron Chernow
What is there left to say about this book? Not only did it fill an important gap in the popular...
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power – Jon Meacham
I am pretty sure this book has been on my Kindle for over ten years. It is an exhaustive biography...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages – Dan Jones
This is my first Dan Jones book, and I really enjoyed it. It is a very readable account of the...
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities – Bettany Hughes
I really enjoyed this book. It was a complete history of the city from its origins to the modern day. ...
Rereads: “Dune”, “Declare”, “Battle of Britain” and “Overlord” on Audible
I have recently noticed a tendency to reread books that I think I might enjoy - and more often, to...
Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul – John Freely
This book describes the private lives of the sultans in and around Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire's occupation of the...