B- Reviews / Book ReviewsArmy / France / non-fiction / War / Military / World War IINo Comments
The fateful days surrounding June 6th, 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsastronaut / health / non-fiction / Roscosmos / science / spaceNo Comments
What happens in space that causes the body to change? Learn about life in space from astronauts Is the human body built for Mars? NASA’s studies on the International Space Station show we need to fix a few things before sending people to the Red Planet. Astronauts go into space ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewscomputers / crime / cybersecurity / digital technology / geek / hacker / Hacking / non-fictionNo Comments
A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time. Scattered across the world, an elite team of code-cracking techies is working tirelessly on your behalf to thwart the most notorious cyber scourge of our time. You’ve probably never heard of ... more >
Book Reviewsclassic literature / English historical romance / History / non-fiction / Reading lists / Time-Travel8 Comments
My 2022 reading slump continues; I don’t have much for “what I’ve been reading” for the second quarter in a row. I did read and review Steadfast, The No Show, You Were Made to Be Mine, and Sea of Tranquility, the latter two with Janine. Other than that, I read ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Civil-War / epistolary / Historical / non-fiction / POC / POC author / post Civil War / Reconstruction / slavery1 Comments
This book honors the voices of African Americans of the Civil War era through their letters, inviting readers to engage personally with the Black historical experience. Amidst bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. This moving book illuminates ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsfilm industry / filmmaking / Movie / non-fiction2 Comments
Winner of three Oscars and the highest-grossing film of its time, Jaws was a phenomenon, and this is the only book on how twenty-six-year-old Steven Spielberg transformed Peter Benchley’s number-one bestselling novel into the classic film it became. Hired by Spielberg as a screenwriter to work with him on the ... more >