New Books
Picked up four last weekend in Dallas, a book on the F8F Bearcat for reference at Hobby Town, and three...
The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel – Mark Frost
I listened to this on audiobook when it first came out, not realizing it was really a visual account as...
Blitz: A Novel (The Rook/Checquy Files Book 3) – Daniel O’Malley
I was a big fan of the first installment in the Checquy Files series, The Rook, and enjoyed the second,...
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...
Hornblower and the Island / Hornblower and the Journey Home – James Keffer
These two books are part of a series Hornblower's Legacy by author James Keffer. It is fan fiction...
The Local – Joey Hartstone
On a recent New York Times recommended reading list is a new legal thriller – this time set in Marshall...
Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay – Craig L. Symonds
There hasn't been a comprehensive biography of Fleet Adm. Nimitz since Craig Symonds' mentor E.B. Potter wrote Nimitz in 1976...
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...