I read the book The Church of the East in one day. (I had the abridged version.) This is a scholarly work on the history of Christianity in the East—the lands to the east of the Roman and Byzantine empires historically. This means places like Persia, Central Asia, India, the East Indies, and China. The […]
Category: Nonfiction Book Reviews
The Last Folk Hero Review – Is This a Strong Biography?
I’ve been without power with distressing frequency lately, giving me plenty of time to read books by flashlight. As a result, I offer this The Last Folk Hero review after only picking up the biography a couple days ago. To anyone my age who even thought about playing sports, the last folk hero, Bo Jackson, […]
Review of America, the Farewell Tour – What Does it Argue?
This review of America, the Farewell Tour will be a little different than many of my other reviews. The book appeared in 2018 and is the work of respected journalist Chris Hedges. It is nonfiction. I’ve read one book by Hedges in past, American Fascists. It proved rather prescient, so I gave this one a […]
Review of The Battle of Ole Miss by Frank Lambert
The book The Battle of Ole Miss is a nonfiction history published in 2010. Author Frank Lambert was a college professor (Purdue University) at the time of publication. The Battle of Ole Miss is an important historical event that took place in 1962. Ole Miss, of course, refers to the University of Mississippi. The battle […]
Killing For Coal – Rob’s Review
The book Killing for Coal is a nonfiction work by Colorado historian Thomas Andrews. It bills itself as the story of America’s deadliest labor war. Killing for Coal qualifies as environmental history and seeks to explain the causes of the 1914 Ludlow Massacre. The Ludlow Massacre will feature in an upcoming novel of mine, so […]
Review of The Premonitions, a Pandemic Story
The Premonitions is Michael Lewis’s follow-up to his recent book The Fifth Risk. In fact, one might say that The Fifth Risk required that Lewis write The Premonitions. He wrote The Fifth Risk because he realized that one of the US government’s great tasks was to mitigate the risks of major disasters. Disasters like food […]