Posts tagged with ‘History’
December 11, 2011
‘GONZO’ JOURNALISM-FLAVORED, engaging true crime tale of the 40-year investigation of skyjacker D. B. Cooper.
Grade: SOLID B
SKYJACK: THE HUNT FOR D. B. COOPER
Crown
2011
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
October 21, 2011
IMPECCABLY REPORTED HISTORY of Scientology gives airtime to both adherents and opponents of the faith.
Grade: B PLUS
INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S MOST SECRETIVE RELIGION
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social History
October 19, 2011
MASTERFUL RETELLING OF a murder case that grabbed headlines in 1897 New York is rich in detail and drama.
Grade: A MINUS
THE MURDER OF THE CENTURY: THE GILDED AGE CRIME THAT SCANDALIZED A CITY AND SPARKED THE TABLOID WARS
Crown
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social History, True Crime
October 1, 2011
INSIDE CUBA TODAY with a pioneering dissident blogger; insightful and moving prose in unobtrusive translation.
Grade: B PLUS
HAVANA REAL: ONE WOMAN FIGHTS TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT CUBA TODAY
Melville House
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cuba, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social History
September 30, 2011
A THOUGHTFUL INVESTIGATION into the mythology of the chupacabra provides context for the legend’s how and why.
Grade: B PLUS
TRACKING THE CHUPACABRA: THE VAMPIRE BEAST IN FACT, FICTION, AND FOLKLORE
University of New Mexico Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Science, Social History, Sociology
September 28, 2011
THE HISTORY AND FUTURE of urban planning outlined with wit and grace in this informative, highly readable book.
Grade: A MINUS
MAKESHIFT METROPOLIS: IDEAS ABOUT CITIES
Simon and Schuster/Spotlight
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Architecture, History, Non-Fiction, Urban Planning
September 20, 2011
A HEADLINE-GRABBING MURDER in 1933 Paris, examined in depth, illuminates the culture and politics of the era.
Grade: B PLUS
VIOLETTE NOZIERE: A STORY OF MURDER IN 1930S PARIS
University of California Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, France, History, Non-Fiction, True Crime
September 4, 2011
DISTINGUISHED BIBLICAL SCHOLAR Bart Ehrman’s evidence-based challenge to the Christian canon’s authenticity.
Grade: B PLUS
FORGED: WRITING IN THE NAME OF GOD--WHY THE BIBLE'S AUTHORS ARE NOT WHO WE THINK THEY ARE
HarperOne
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Religion
August 17, 2011
A TUDOR SCANDAL RETOLD with a journalistic touch in this well researched examination of the Amy Robsart mystery.
Grade: SOLID B
DEATH AND THE VIRGIN QUEEN: ELIZABETH AND THE DARK SCANDAL THAT ROCKED THE THRONE
St. Martin's Press
2011
Tags: Elizabeth I, History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Tudor Court
August 14, 2011
GOSSIPY, FUN HISTORY looks at the madams and dance-hall girls who were high rollers in 19th-century Montana.
Grade: SOLID B
WANTON WEST: MADAMS, MONEY, MURDER, AND THE WILD WOMEN OF MONTANA'S FRONTIER
Chicago Review Press
2011
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, United States, Women's Issues