Writing

March 22, 2011

War in Libya, nuclear devastation, and me

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Sometimes I need to step down from my perch as author of historical novels, as lawyer and traveler, and...

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January 23, 2011

The Big Boys — My Favorite Non-Fiction 2010-2011

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You know from my blog, or my reviews, or my Facebook postings, or my e-mails, that I have, shall...

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January 20, 2011

Unbroken (2010)

On the Nightstand

Unbroken (2010), Random House, $27.00, by Laura Hillenbrand is a magnificent account of an ordinary boy who became an...

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December 30, 2010

Boy oh Boy oh Boy — Best Reads of the Year

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Let’s start with fiction.  To be blunt, there just isn’t enough  good fiction.  There is some rumble afoot that...

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December 23, 2010

The Perfect Gift

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  What’s the perfect gift?  That is the question, isn’t it, especially if it is better to give than...

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December 22, 2010

Fortress Rabaul, (2008)

On the Nightstand

Fortress Rabaul, (2008) by Bruce Gamble,  is a riveting history of two years of unrelenting conflict in the South...

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December 9, 2010

One degree of separation

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It’s hard to imagine,  but I knew someone who knew someone who lived through the colonization of Texas, during...

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