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Checkmate by Ben Mezrich
If only there was a way in chess for everyone to lose. No, a draw doesn’t count. However, you could make the argument that Checkmate by Ben Mezrich ends in…
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The Lost Founder by Jesse Wegman
I’d like to start off this review with a slight tangent (because I am clearly a professional). One of the harder conversations to have as a history nerd is when…
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Defiance by Loubna Mrie
Allow me to be ridiculously pedantic for a second. (If you just said, “Again?” then we are in a fight.) Memoirs worry me when I start them. I am always…
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In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod
Listen, none of us want to think about our parents and their intimacy issues. However, Tom Junod decided to write a whole book about it called In the Days of…
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Kingdom of Devils by Katherine Grandjean
Quick, what do you think of when I say what happened after the American Revolution, and before the Civil War? The Louisiana Purchase? Yes! Ratifying the Constitution? Perfect! America’s first…
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The Ego Trip by Kimon de Greef
I don’t know. Maybe I am just a prude, but I have never looked at a toad and thought, “Man, I’d really love to ingest the secretions of this animal.…
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Empire of Ashes by James M. Scott
I have a weird hesitation before I start James M. Scott’s books. There are thicker books while there are others which are going to be more emotionally fraught. It’s not…
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The Hardest, Longest Race by Eric Moskowitz
Did you know Hitler had a portrait of Henry Ford in his private office? Well, on top of being an inveterate anti-Semite, Ford also rigged cross country car races! Ford…
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The Lightning Beneath the Sea by James Tabor
I hate science (and engineering!). Mostly, it is because I’m not smart enough to understand it the vast majority of the time. So, I decided to read Lightning Beneath the…
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