I don’t know anyone who could do what these people did. WWII, the Japanese took Rangoon, forcing the British into a hasty retreat. China is working with the Allied Forces, and someone needs to find a way to get a …
Read: Early Books, 2025
A bit of a change here people. Instead of individual books on individual posts, I’m lumping the first few books of the year in one post with brief explanations. I’m doing this to save time. Today is Sunday. It is …
Read: Silverview
When I think of England I think of Bletchley Park. I think of tweed, rain, tea, men in leather shoes, women named Lucy with white skin and flushed cheeks. I can’t help it. I’m a romantic. I think of the …
Read: In the Garden of Beasts
They all knew and they let it happen. Who is “They?” Everyone from Roosevelt and his cabinet to the other world leaders of the time. Same for universities, the business sector, and even down to the ambassadors, and their families, …
Read: Memory and Desire
I first met Philip Caputo during “A Rumor of War.” And we were better acquainted during “DelCorso’s Gallery.” (About a photojournalist.) And we’ve since become good friends because I’ve read everything else too. Journalism, fishing, the Florida Keys, corruption, infidelity, …
Read: Gene Smith’s Sink
What I’m about to say will trigger some people. Too bad. I’m going to say it anyway. Once you know the work of W. Eugene Smith exists, it does a number on you because it’s nearly impossible to forget what …
Read: The New Tourist
I would rather go to Guantanamo than Disneyland. Thank God my parents had a grand total of one brief episode of total mind loss when they drug my siblings and I to Orlando Disney-whatever back when I was in the …
Read: And No Birds Sang
Farley Mowat is one of my favorite authors. You might remember “Never Cry Wolf,” which happens to be a fantastic movie. A Whale For The Killing, People of the Deer, The Snow Walker, and thirty four other titles. Everything I’ve …
Read: We All Looked Up
The first time I watched the movie “Don’t Look Up,” I didn’t like it at all. But it just kept hanging around my mind. There was something about it. It could have been Jennifer Lawrence who could sit mute while …
Read: Burn Book
DISCLAIMER: If you gave me a billion dollars I might become a monster. Sociopathic tendencies are a range of behaviors and attitudes that are associated with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Some common traits of sociopathy include: Apathy: 1: lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness …
Read: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
For you short attention span folks, this is a beautiful book. Get it, read it. For the rest of you, think Pakistan. Think fiction, but the kind of fiction that immediately makes you feel like you are standing in the …
Read: The Unexpected Spy
I wanted to join the CIA. Right after high school graduation. I had big plans. Deep cover. Pakistan maybe. Or Indonesia. I owned a “Rambo knife.” Complete with compass in the handle, fishing line and matches inside the grip. I …