And On The Other Hand

And On The Other Hand

Book Reviews

Natasha’s Dance, A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes

There is one great question that courses through this amazing book and that is, “Is…

The Centurions by Jean Larteguy

In graduate school, one of my top professors was Dr. Samuel Sarkesian.  Before becoming a…

Dancing Under the Red Star; the Extraordinary Story of the Only American Woman to Survive Stalin’s Gulag by Karl Tobien

In 2008, Tim Tzouiadis wrote a book entitled, The Forsaken, An American Tragedy in Stalin’s…

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Mary Beard first went to Rome over 40 years ago and immediately fell in love…

The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy and King, the Five-Star Admirals who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman

History is replete with lost wars, often caused by rivalries between top decision makers over…

Backing Hitler by Robert Gellately

How was it that under a regime which introduced radio on a mass scale to…

Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann

Considered Thomas Mann’s first great novel for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in…

A World Lit only by Fire; The medieval Mind & the Renaissance by William Manchester

When Manchester was diagnosed with the illness that would eventually kill him, he took time…

Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-1813

There are numerous books written mostly by officers of Napoleon’s campaign in Russia, but this…

Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots by Margaret George (two biographical novels)

These two novels finish the trilogy by Margaret George (The Autobiography of Henry VIII was…