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Er Ist Wieder Da
Er Ist Wieder Da | Look Who’s Back! © 2011 Timur Vermes 401 pages “Herr Hitler … I’m calling to ask whether you’d like to write a book?” “I already have,” I said. “Two, in fact.” Hitler’s back, and boy … Continue reading
Aerial Geology
Aerial Geology: A High Altitude Tour of North America’s Spectacular Volcanoes, Canyons, Glaciers, Lakes, Craters, and Peaks © 2017 Mary Caperton Morton 308 pages It was love at first sight, me and this book. There I was, cruising BooksAMillion … Continue reading
Top Ten Books I Read and Read Again
Today Top Ten Tuesday is celebrating its tenth birthday. I’ve been participating off and on since a month or so after its inception, and I’ve enjoyed it over the years. Today its host is asking readers to revisit or expand … Continue reading
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Seven of Nine
Star Trek Voyager: Seven of Nine © 1998 Christie Golden 233 pages Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked into a pie It began with a bird. A single black bird — … Continue reading
Scams, beer, and the Constitution
This past week I’ve read a few books which haven’t gotten full reviews, but I wanted to mention them anyway:. Scam Me if You Can, Frank Abanagle Jr. If that name sounds familiar to you, Abnagle’s youthful feats in fraud … Continue reading
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Tagged Cybersecurity, goods/services, history, security, US Constitution
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To Wake the Giant
To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor © 2020 Jeff Shaara 528 pages In To Wake the Giant, Jeff Shaara returns to World War 2, this time with a curveball. Unlike most of his other novels, Wake the … Continue reading
American Terrorist
American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing © 2001, 2015 Lou Michel & Dan Herberck 426 pages During a recreation period one day, a prisoner in an adjoining cage poured his heart out to McVeigh, telling him … Continue reading
Corona Diary #8
Well, the partial re-opening lasted exactly a month. In the face of skyrocketing ‘rona rates across the state, and particularly in the county, the library today shifted back to curbside-only. (Since May 18th, we have been following a split schedule: … Continue reading
Ruby Ridge
Every Knee Shall Bow / Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family © 1995, 2002 Jess Walter 416 pages “[….] people ought not to be murdered by their own government.” The inherent brutality of the police … Continue reading
