This time it’s a 1944 and 1969 USS Hornet (CV/CVS-12). The former is pretty much an out of the box Dragon Essex (CV-9), which approximates Hornet’s wartime appearance better than their Hornet does, actually.
The latter is a heavily kitbashed…
I am pretty sure this book has been on my Kindle for over ten years. It is an exhaustive biography of Jefferson, but focused on his career as a political leader. That is not to me the most interesting aspect…
This novel beggars description. Throughout, it is multiple stories ranging from medieval Eastern Europe and Constantinople to the Korean War, the 1970s, the near future, and the farther future. At the end, the author ties them together into a coherent…
This is my first Dan Jones book, and I really enjoyed it. It is a very readable account of the thousand years of history between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the discovery of the New World. He…
One of my favorite Teaching Company videos is Dr. Bart Ehrman’s on the New Testament, where he goes into what I now understand is the historical–critical analysis of the books of the New Testament. The lectures provide a fascinating insight…
What is there left to say about this book? Not only did it fill an important gap in the popular biography of an important Founding Father – it inspired a groundbreaking Broadway musical that will inspire generations to come with…
The idea of a novel built around the hidden secrets contained in maps was catnip to me when I first read about this book. It’s a variation on the Dan Brown – style archaeological porn that I used to love…
Unlike the 10th installment of the Laundry Files, it only took me a couple of weeks to finish this one. While it used much of the same cast as its Peter Pan–inspired predecessor, and added a Mary Poppins-inspired character, the…
I really enjoyed this book. It was a complete history of the city from its origins to the modern day. It says a lot about the different empires that used it as a base, as well as the states that…
This is the latest installment in the “Laundry” series, but has nothing to do with that agency. Instead, it is exploring a spinoff set of characters, using Stross’ latest conceit – adding an overlay from another literary work. In this…
