Review of Crazy For The Storm by Norman Ollestadrating **** On February 19, 1979 the author, who was eleven at the time, was a passenger on a chartered single engine Cessna 172 that crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains. Also on the plane was the author's father, the father's girlfriend, … [Read more...] about Review of Crazy For The Storm
Review of Outliers
Review of Outliers by Malcolm GladwellRating ** 1/2 Malcolm Gladwell has done a remarkable job of turning simple ideas into best sellers. His last book, Blink, could be summed up as follows: first impressions are important. That's it. It was a best seller. His current best seller can be … [Read more...] about Review of Outliers
Review of The Bounty
Review of The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline AlexanderRating ***** I usually like to have two or three books going at once, alternating chapters between books. Fifty pages into this book I put all other reading aside. I let myself be whisked away back to the … [Read more...] about Review of The Bounty
Review of Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Review of Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. FriedmanRating **** In the late 70's I started messing around with a Texas Instruments personal computer. It had a cassette tape in place of a hard drive. I graduated from that to the early Apple computer and from there to the first IBM personal … [Read more...] about Review of Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Review of Columbine
Review of Columbine by Dave CullenRating ***** In a world of instant books and books by celebrities that are short on content and merit, it's refreshing to read a book that tells a story as completely and thorough as this one. This is a story that was nearly ten years in the making, and the … [Read more...] about Review of Columbine
Review of Lost Paradise
Review of Lost Paradise by Kathy MarksRating *** 1/2 In 1790 a group of disgruntled sailors took control of a ship from their authoritative captain. The captain and his supporters were set adrift in a long boat with minimal supplies. The mutineers then sailed the southern Pacific in search of a … [Read more...] about Review of Lost Paradise