Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie There are times I ask myself how I’ve never read a writer before this age and Robert Leckie is high on that list. Two amateur historians have been...
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A huge bonus of providing reviews on Amazon is that sometimes you get contacted by a really great author and get offered free books for review. Erik Therme is one of the best.
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We first discovered author Alex Kershaw at a Friends of the World War II Memorial event in...
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Are you a crazed reader? Do you read more than book one at a time in different genres? Do you have one genre you just can’t resist? It seems so normal to me to have more than one book lying around in progress–nightstand, desk, living room. You get the idea, right?
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Christmas 1967. I was eight, Mom gave me paperbacks of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The...
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Commemorating Our D-Day Heroes – June 5 Our Washington, D.C. World War II D-Day recognition...
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Standards of living, standards of writing, standards of service. I don’t want to let these things fall by the wayside. Let’s be tough when we review ourselves sometimes and keep the critiques going and the desire to rise up a level or two. Let’s not become slobs either in how we dress or approach our work and our lives.
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You’ve heard of Charles Lindbergh–everyone has. But I find his wife far more intriguing. Anne Morrow Lindbergh was one of the most eloquent and moving writers of her time–and of the current time. Every book is worth reading for a multitude of reasons.
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This is the true story of the cream of a World War II PBM-5 crew. It starts with a suitcase, abandoned on the sidewalk that catches the eye of a woman. She tucks the detritus of someone’s life away until connecting with Gary D. Cooper who unravels the loss of the men and weaves an intriguing tale.
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This collection of stories is for any World War II history buff, for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of what our WWII Vets went through, and for any reader who wants to be thrilled and emotionally connected to the people she reads about.
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My copy of the paperback, as happens with books that stir my mind, is dog-eared and notated throughout.
The premise is a letter delivered upon the death of a woman where she tells an elderly man that he has a son—a son raised with a Christian fervor that excludes every other religion as inferior and requiring elimination.
The catch? The elderly man is Jewish.
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Bosch is still working as a volunteer detective with the San Fernando Police Department, where they’re called to the double vicious murder of father and son pharmacists. Current case in place, Bosch is also dealing with the newly contested conviction of a cruel killer he put away thirty years ago. Step into the story and enjoy a speedy, twisted ride.
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