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Green is the New Red
Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege© 2011 Will Potter256 pages Is passing out flyers the moral equivalent of flying a plane into a skyscraper and killing thousands of people? Well, in some … Continue reading
A Renegade History of the United States
A Renegade History of the United States © 2010 Thaddaeus Russell402 pages “All of you, you think there’s someone just gonna drop money on you? Money they could use? …well, there ain’t people like that! There’s just people like me!” (Jayne … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged America, Civil Rights, critical history, history, labor, manners and morals, social history
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A Map of Betrayal
A Map of Betrayal© 2014 Ha Jin304 pages When Lillian Shang touched down in mainland China, her official purpose was to teach. Unofficially, however, she was there to learn — to uncover the truth of her father’s life by tracking down … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Asia, China, espionage and commandos, historical fiction
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Nullification
Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century© 2011 Thomas E. Woods, Jr309 pages In a game of word association, chances are that ‘nullification’ would not meet with flattering replies. Nullification is a word associated with the Civil … Continue reading
Casualties
Casualties: A Novel of the Civil War© 2010 David Rothstein465 pages The year is 1863, and Tom Connor just survived the Battle of Gettysburg. His kid brother didn’t, though, and agonized emotionally he is looking forward to a Christmas furlough … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Alabama, American Civil War, American South, historical fiction, Southern Literature
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Winter World
Winter World: the Ingenuity of Winter Survival© 2009 Bernd Heinrich400 pages When winter arrives in the upper reaches of the northern hemisphere, humans take refuge in homes warmed by central heat, or bundle up in clothing. But what do creatures … Continue reading
Lives of the Planets
Lives of the Planets© 2007 Richard Corfield304 pages Ever wanted to take a tour of the solar system, but were deterred by that little problem of explosively decompressing once in the vacuum of space? Lives of the Planets takes … Continue reading
This week: supercooled birds, President Palpatine, and people causing a ruckus
We’re off to a good start for 2015, opening the year up with Bernard Cornwell and two science entries, both of which (Lives of the Planets, Winter World) will get comments as the week goes on. Yesterday at the library … Continue reading
The Empty Throne
The Empty Throne© 2015 Bernard Cornwell320 pages Uhtred of Bebbanburg is an impossible man. A Saxon prince raised by Danes, he has nonethelessbeen the architect of a great redoubt against them, the defender of Wessex a hundred times over. A … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Anglo-Saxons, Bernard Cornwell, Britain, historical fiction, Medieval, military, Saxon Chronicles
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