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Tag Archives: 1950s
Being Nixon
Last year I nearly did a deep dive into all things Nixon: exactly a year later, he beckoned me to follow him, and this time I did. What is it about Nixon? One book I’ve read recently, and I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, biography, Cold war, Hail to the Chief, history, Nixon, Politics-CivicInterest
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Ike and Dick
I increasingly find Richard Nixon a fascinating personality, and stumbled onto this while looking for Nixon books: I’ve been reading it along with Being Nixon the last week or so. Ike and Dick focuses on the relationship between these two … Continue reading
Posted in General, history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, Cold war, Eisenhower, Hail to the Chief, Nixon, Politics-CivicInterest, Vietnam
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Iran & Israel: A Lovers to Enemies Story
Trita Parsi’s Treacherous Alliance is a history of relations between the United States, Israel, and Iran from 1947 on. It principally argues that Iran and Israel’s relationship has become poisoned not because of Iranian ideology — specifically, that of the … Continue reading
Posted in General, history, World Affairs
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, geopolitics, history, Israel, Middle East, Persia-Iran, Trita Parsi
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Baseball Between the Lines
Baseball Between the Lines is a direct sequel to Don Honig’s Baseball When the Grass was Real, being an oral history of baseball in the 1940s and 1950s, recounting interviews with ballplayers of the era. This was an time of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, audiobook, baseball, Donald Honig, history, Nonfiction 2025, sports and outdoors
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And God Came In
A friend lent this to me, knowing of my love of all things C.S. Lewis. It’s a biography of Joy Davidman, a Jewish-American convert to Christianity who befriended Lewis over letters, then later moved to England and became his great … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, biography, Britain, Christianity, CS Lewis, Joy Davidman, religion, women
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The Calculating Stars
The night is young and you’re so beautiful, can’t we get into the swing of – what was THAT?! The Calculating Stars opens with a rocket scientist and a math genius/former WASP pilot having a romantic night in the mountains, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged 1950s, alt-history, disaster, human space flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, science fiction, The Lady Astronaut, women
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A Right to Read: Segregation and Civil Rights
Alabama public libraries were early stages for Civil Rights projects, given their high public profile and higher deals: libraries were created for the common good, for the benefit of society, meant to serve everyone. How could they bar someone from … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, Alabama, American South, bookshops and libraries, Civil Rights, history
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Short rounds: Idols, community, and baseball bros
Despite appearances, I have been reading this past week… Elizabeth Scalia’s Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols of Everyday Life invites readers to consider those things which get between them and God. I heard sermons on this topic in my youth … Continue reading
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