Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir
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Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld
My most recent read is about a very polarizing figure in the George W. Bush Administration – Donald Rumsfeld. His book, Known and Unknown: A Memoir, chronicles his life – mainly his political life. It is not a quick read by any imagination at 726 pages, but it flows well for the most part. The… Continue reading
Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld
My most recent read is about a very polarizing figure in the George W. Bush Administration – Donald Rumsfeld. His book, Known and Unknown: A Memoir, chronicles his life – mainly his political life. It is not a quick read by any imagination at 726 pages, but it flows well for the most part. The… Continue reading
In the Mail: Into My Father's Wake
“Into My Father’s Wake” records the 5000-mile solo sail of journalist Eric Best as he struggles to come to terms with a recent divorce, solitude at sea and the impact of his powerful father in his life.
Continue readingIn the Mail: Looking East
–>Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistanby Ali Eteraz Publishers Weekly Eteraz, known for his blog Islamophere, opens his memoir with a vivid description of his father promising Allah that if God bestowed him with a son, that boy “will become a great leader and servant of Islam.” The rest of the book finds Eteraz,… Continue reading
In the Mail: Out in Paperback
I hope to actually start to digging my way out of my read-but-not-reviewed hole this week. In the meantime, checkout these well reviewed works coming out in paperback (or will soon). –> The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant Publishers Weekly What could be more intriguing than… Continue reading
Are You Kidding Me? by Rocco Mediate & John Feinstein
As the players struggle to get their rounds in at rain soaked Bethpage Black what better time to take a look back at last years amazing US Open golf tournament. Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open by Rocco Mediate and John Feinstein does… Continue reading
In the Mail: Weekend Edition
–> The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell Publishers Weekly Veteran espionage novelist Littell (Vicious Circle; The Company; etc.) trades cold war spies for interwar Russian poets in his wonderful new novel. In 1934, real-life poet Osip Mandelstam struggles to get published in the totalitarian state. A battered idealist who has witnessed his share of Stalin-orchestrated… Continue reading
In the Mail: Weekend Edition
–> The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell Publishers Weekly Veteran espionage novelist Littell (Vicious Circle; The Company; etc.) trades cold war spies for interwar Russian poets in his wonderful new novel. In 1934, real-life poet Osip Mandelstam struggles to get published in the totalitarian state. A battered idealist who has witnessed his share of Stalin-orchestrated… Continue reading