Format: Audiobook Source: Public Library Rating: 2.75 This is my first introduction to Sedaris. This book is random musings from his life as a writer. As with… Read more “Let’s explore diabetes with owls”
Month: November 2016
White Rage: The unspoken truth of racial divide
Format: Dead Trees Source: Public Library Rating: 2.25 There was only one black public high school in the entire state. As a consequence, by 1950 African American… Read more “White Rage: The unspoken truth of racial divide”
Hunting Eichmann
Format: Audiobook (wow Audible doesn’t carry this book) Source: Public Library Rating: 4.25 When asked about his time as a Nazi Eichmann said “I do not regret anything. … Read more “Hunting Eichmann”
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Format: Audiobook Source: Public Library Rating: 4.25 Though most of us may not know Henrietta Lacks, we have all benefited from her short life. Actually, I guess we… Read more “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
Shaken
Format: Dead Trees Source: Proof Copy Rating: 3.25 I know little of Tim Tebow. Well, I guess I know quite a bit, but it is all from media.… Read more “Shaken”
The Upside of Inequality
Format: Dead Trees Source: Public Library Rating: 3.25 In 1964 the world’s economy was only as large as China’s economy is today. They way things have… Read more “The Upside of Inequality”
Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860
Format: Audiobook Source: Purchase Rating:3.25 This book gives a comprehensive history of the Choctaw tribe. I knew little of them before this book. The Choctaw’s were one… Read more “Living in the Land of Death: The Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860”
Franchising McChurch
Format: Ebook Source: Purchase Rating 3.25 White and Yeats look at the American Church to try to figure out where the disconnect is. Their problem with some… Read more “Franchising McChurch”