A world recreated by Andrew Wareham

Summer is almost over but that doesn’t mean one can’t enjoy seasonal reading into the Fall. Good candidates abound in the multi-volume works of Englishman Andrew Wareham.  The Duty and Destiny series traces the rise of a fighting captain in Nelson’s Royal Navy. The...

Black Flags – The Rise of ISIS. By Joby Warrick

Every now and then I read a book and feel “every American should have to read this.””  That is how I feel about Black Flags, the work of Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick. The book details the rise of the Islamic jihadist group that broke away fromEl Qaeda – or...
Circling the Sun  by Paula McLain

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

A New York Times Best Seller by Paula McLain who is considered the new historical fiction author.  This is the life story of Beryl Markham, a real life heroine, who was abandoned by her mother and older brother and left in Africa with her father when she was quite...