Category: History

A Few Notes About the Books Listed Here

Each of the books listed within this blog are books that I have read at least once. Because I read almost exclusively on my tablet these days, I have data regarding the approximate dates that I’ve read most of these books and have updated the “Published” date of the posts to correspond to these dates… Continue reading A Few Notes About the Books Listed Here

Without Precedent – Chief Justice John Marshall & His Times

A portrait of the influential chief justice, statesman, and diplomat illuminates his pivotal role in the establishment of the Constitution and Supreme Court and recounts his work as an advisor to multiple presidents. My thoughts on this book Without Precedent was a book that was on my reading list for a long time before I… Continue reading Without Precedent – Chief Justice John Marshall & His Times

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of Modern Library’s 100 best nonfiction books of all time • One of Esquire’s 50 best biographies of all time “A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle.”—Time This classic biography is the story of seven men—a naturalist, a writer, a lover,… Continue reading The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Civil War: A Narrative – Volume 1 Fort Sumter to Perryville

This first volume of Shelby Foote’s classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis’s farewell to the United Senate and ends on the bloody battlefields of Antietam and Perryville, as the full, horrible scope of America’s great war becomes clear. Exhaustively researched and masterfully written, Foote’s epic account of the Civil War unfolds… Continue reading The Civil War: A Narrative – Volume 1 Fort Sumter to Perryville

Blink

The landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making — from #1 bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell. In his breakthrough bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about… Continue reading Blink

The Big Short

In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all… Continue reading The Big Short