Tag Archives: memoir

Hack

Posted on December 14, 2015 by smellincoffee

Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to do with my Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab© 2008 Melissa Plaut256 pages At the age of twenty-nine, Melissa Plaut was let go from her job at an ad agency. She … Continue reading →

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This week: yep, still at war

Posted on November 28, 2015 by smellincoffee

I don’t know how most people spend Thanksgiving, but after a day with family eating sweet potatoes and admiring chickens and a late-fall collard garden, I’ve been reading nonstop about World War 2.  I’m moving closer to the end of … Continue reading →

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I Saw it Happen in Norway

Posted on October 31, 2015 by smellincoffee

I Saw It Happen in Norway© 1940 C.J. Hambro292 pages I Saw it Happen in Norway is a rare account of Hitler’s early expansion,  the story of a nation’s downfall told first-hand from a surviving member of its government and … Continue reading →

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The South since the War

Posted on May 16, 2015 by smellincoffee

The South Since the War: As Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas© 1866 Sidney Andrews400 pages In the autumn of 1865, as the dust and ashes were still settling over the graves of … Continue reading →

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No Hill Too High for a Stepper

Posted on November 17, 2014 by smellincoffee

No Hill Too High for a Stepper: Memories of Montevallo, Alabama© 2014 Mike Mahan384 pages No Hill Too High for a Stepper is a work of reminiscence, a country dentist’s recollections of growing up in a small Alabama town during … Continue reading →

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Wiseguy

Posted on September 4, 2014 by smellincoffee

Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family © 1986 Nicholas Pileggi, Henry Hill 256 pages How does a boy from a nice family grow up to be a gangster? Well, it helps to live across the street from a mob-owned cab … Continue reading →

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The Red Baron

Posted on September 1, 2014 by smellincoffee

The Red BaronManfred von Richthofen© 1969 ed. Stanley Ulanoff240 pages The average man on the street may not know the first thing about the Great War, but he’ll have heard of the Red Baron. Attribute that to a silly song, … Continue reading →

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The Long Loneliness

Posted on March 28, 2014 by smellincoffee

The Long Loneliness© 1952 Dorothy Day288 pages (Harper Collins, 2009(             Dorothy Day came of age amid the Great War, a child of struggling parents whose labors to make ends meet stayed with her even after they had achieved some … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Voices of the Great War

Posted on February 15, 2014 by smellincoffee

Forgotten Voices of the Great War© 2004 ed. Max Author336 pages                         Forgotten Voices of the Great War is a chronicle of the first great war,  a story told not by one author but many. Interviews and written recollections from … Continue reading →

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Into Thin Air

Posted on November 14, 2013 by smellincoffee

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster291 pages© 1997 Jon Krakauer When Outside magazine dispatched Jon Krakauer to join an expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1996 to investigate its commercialization, the opportunity allowed him to … Continue reading →

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