Tag Archives: history

On horses, septic tanks, and roving Spainards

Posted on January 14, 2022 by smellincoffee

I began the year by returning to a favorite subject of mine: horses! The Equine Legacy is a history of not only horses in America, but donkeys and mules, from the Age of Discovery to just after the Great War. … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged Alabama, animal domestication, history | 5 Comments

A Furious Sky

Posted on November 17, 2021 by smellincoffee

A Furious Sky: The Five Hundred Year History of America’s Hurricanes© 2020 Eric Jay Dolin415 pages A Furious Sky is a history of hurricanes in American history, opening with Columbus’ attempts to warn a rival governor of imminent danger and … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged disaster, history, Nature, weather | 12 Comments

Jacked!

Posted on November 11, 2021 by smellincoffee

Jacked! The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto© 2012 David Kushner301 pages Twenty years ago, Grand Theft Auto III released in the United States, to popular and later critical acclaim. The GTA series had already established a name for itself … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2000s, arts-entertainment, history | 6 Comments

Enough Already

Posted on November 10, 2021 by smellincoffee

Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism© 2021 Scott Horton330 pages The war on terror has consumed American resources and human lives for well over twenty years now, breaking numerous countries, deforming the United States at multiple levels, and perpetuating … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, World Affairs | Tagged 2000s, 2010s, Africa, George W Bush, history, Middle East, Obama, Scott Horton, terror war | 15 Comments

Books books books

Posted on October 14, 2021 by smellincoffee

Between the nonfunctional hospital wifi and the only decent television programs being overtaken by baseball, most of my entertainment last week was good ol’ fashioned books. Midnight at Chernobyl popped onto my radar after I watched the excellent HBO series … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews, science | Tagged 1940s, 1980s, Chernobyl, energy, espionage and commandos, evolution, history, human spaceflight, Jane Austen, Nuclear, psychology, Russia, science, women, WW2 | 15 Comments

Touching History

Posted on September 27, 2021 by smellincoffee

Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama that Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11©2008 Lynn Spencer 320 pages When the brilliant blue skies over the continental United States became a place of confusion, dread, loss, and death, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged 2000s, aviation, disaster, history, nine-eleven | 1 Comment

Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants

Posted on September 7, 2021 by smellincoffee

Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans© Garrett Ryan 288 pages For those interested in the life of Greece and Rome beyond senatorial politics and agricultural policy, Naked States offers an … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged classical world, Eastern Rome/Byzantine, Greece, history, Italy, Rome, social history | 5 Comments

Soviets…..in Space

Posted on August 23, 2021 by smellincoffee

Soviets in Space: The People of the USSR and the Race to the Moon© 2021 Colin Turbett232 pages In 1959, Soviet Russia shocked the world, and especially its rival the United States, by launching an artificial satellite into orbit. Sputnik-I’s … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Reviews | Tagged 1950s, 1960s, history, human space flight, Russia | 4 Comments

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