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Shadow Before the Flame by Catherine Grace Katz
There are two types of disaster books in my mind. The first, and much less interesting, is laser-focused on the event. The narrative revolves around the event itself and the…
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Live Laugh Love by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Alright, let’s be honest. You read the entire title for Live Laugh Love by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and probably had feelings. Let me go ahead and cut to the…
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The Defector by Richard Kerbaj
I think there are times where we glorify defectors too much. Often we get to see the person who realizes they are on the wrong side of history (or a…
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Redwood by Ben Macintyre
Quite simply, if Ben Macintyre’s name is on the book, I am going to love it. Redwood is no different. In telling the story of a KGB agent who decides…
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Are They Dead Yet? by Sam Roberts
Being a huge history nerd, my definition of “fun” is very skewed. Case in point, when I saw Sam Roberts had written Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the…
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War Without Mercy by Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin
I am not fully objective on this one. The co-author of War Without Mercy is the late James Kirby Martin, who passed in 2024. He was a repeat guest on…
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Tower Hill by Alan Taylor
There is one thing about slavery in America that I will never quite understand. Why torture and enslave your fellow man when nobody benefits? If you don’t understand my question,…
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American Alt by Chris Lockhart
Schizophrenia seems like a massive challenge by itself, but if you add dissociative identity disorder to it then you get, well, Michael Dodd! Dodd is one of two main characters…
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Captain’s Dinner by Adam Cohen
It’s always the books in the middle which are the hardest to review. Captain’s Dinner (ew, and you’ll know why in a second) by Adam Cohen is one of those…
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