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Review of Sudden Sea
Review of Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. ScottRating *** I’m a fan of weather disaster stories — tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, snowstorms, etc. That’s what drew me to this book. I like the ordinary‑people‑caught‑in‑extraordinary‑circumstances vibe, and I enjoy reading about life in
Review of The Wide Wide Sea
Review of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides Rating ***** One of the greatest adventure stories ever told is Magellan’s attempt at the first circumnavigation of the globe. It’s as close
Review of The Jailhouse Lawyer
Review of The Jailhouse Lawyer by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull Rating ***** Some of the best stories about our broken criminal justice system have been written by those who have been harmed by it. Michael Morton’s book Getting Life is one example. The story
Review of the Book Exposure
Review of Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-year Battle Against DuPont by Robert Bilott rating ***** I’m a confessed tree hugger. I read a lot of books and watch a lot of documentaries about pollution, the environment, and the corporations behind so
Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Review of Caste: The origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Rating ***** I first became aware of our nation’s systemic racism after the election of Barak Obama. I always believed that racism was an issue with a small population of extremists. I know now
Review of Save Our Souls
Review of Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew Pearl Rating ***** A shipwreck. Survival on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. Then toss in some backstabbing and murder, and you have the story behind Save Our