“Amazing Stories of the Space Age” by Rod Pyle
I was inspired to acquire a bunch of books related to space (which I’ve always had a love for) after my husband and I coincidentally watched both The Right Stuff…
Read more“Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond
I don’t usually read much nonfiction, but I was interested in Evicted because a few of the people I follow on LibraryThing wrote rave reviews of it on their threads.…
Read more“The Ghost Map” by Steven Johnson
I was looking for a good book to buy for one of my friends who likes reading about history and medicine, and I remembered The Ghost Map, a book that…
Read more“Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War” by Nathaniel Philbrick
I’m continuing on my quest to read more about world history this year, since I enjoyed India After Gandhi and A World At Arms so much last year. I bought…
Read more“A World at Arms” by Gerhard Weinberg
After reading India After Gandhi, I was looking forward to learning about more contemporary history and I decided that World War II was the next topic on my agenda. World…
Read more“India After Gandhi” by Ramachandra Guha
I’ve been wanting to learn more about history for a long time now, and I’ve finally decided to take the plunge and start reading more history books. I started off…
Read more“The Black Count” by Tom Reiss
I’m trying to read more diversely this year, and I finally read some non-fiction. I won an ARC of this book way back in 2012 but never got around to…
Read more“The United States of Arugula” by David Kamp
I needed a break from fantasy, so today’s review is non-fiction: The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food…
Read more“King Leopold’s Ghost” by Adam Hochschild
My grasp on world history is somewhat lacking, and I’m always looking for good books so that I can fix that – Wikipedia tends to be too dry for me.…
Read more“Uncle Tungsten” by Oliver Sacks
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood was one of this books I just picked up on a whim, having never really heard of the book or the author. I’ve…
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