Col. Lafayette Baker’s History of the US Secret Service.
“Going Rogue”! I got it for CHristmas from our youngest son! I’d started reading Jose Saramago’s, “Blindness”, but ran out of time and had to get it back to the Library. We’d seen the movie, and liked it, so I was curious about the book on which it was based. I’ll have to get it again, sometime.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail ... Just finished the latest installment in the Wheel of Time series ... and Constantine.
rereading Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences, also Norman Podhoretz’ Why are Jews Liberals? and Thomas Sowell’s new one “Intellectuals and Society” all highly recommended.
A Perfect Mess and An Inconvenient Book
“Going Rogue” which I got for Christmas.
Frank Sheed’s “Theology for Beginners”
Pindar’s ODES. I’m still in a classical mood — hope to read AENID as well as Ovid & some of the Greek/Roman plays.
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Stephen C. Meyer
Boston T. Party’s Gun Bible
Constitutional History of the American Revolution, subtitled ‘The Authority to Tax’ by John Phillip Reid.
University of Wisconsin Press.
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I am reading another one of Laura Joh Rowland’s incredible historical mysteries set in 17th Century Japan. The novels are worth the price just for the unique insights and details of that culture. Start at the beginnin of the series and work your way forward.
A second recommendation: Rick Riordan, a Texas author has won Edgar, Shamus and Anthony awards for his mystery novels about a unique detective, Tres Navarre who operates in the unique environment of San Antonio. Good noir stuff with a sense of humor.
“Night Over Water” by Ken Follett
Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man.
"The matter of the gods: religion and the Roman empire" by Clifford Ando
This book chronicles the life of one of the most extraordinary figures to come out of the Civil War. Chamberlain (whom many know from the movies Gettysburg and Gods and Generals) began his career as a lieutenant colonel and the XO of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. By the time the war was over, he'd been wounded six times, had six horses shot out from under him, earned the Medal of Honor for valor at Gettysburg (they actually nominated him for a second for the Battle of Five Forks, but decided that generals could only receive one), was promoted to the rank of major general, and was personally selected by General Grant to accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Chamberlain was also the last fatality of the Civil War, dying of an infection in a wound that had never healed on February 24, 1914, almost fifty years after receiving it at Petersburg.
His Confederate opponents admired and respected Chamberlain, with General John Gordon calling him "one of the knightliest soldiers of the Federal Army."
Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Heffner
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Letters from the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson
Memorial Day by Vince Flynn
Pardonable Lies by Jaqueline Winspear
The Path of Loneliness by Elisabeth Elliot
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Obit by Jim Sheeler
The Short Stories of O. Henry
Unpacking Forgiveness by Chris Brauns
Probably more as it strikes my fancy
Just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Great read.