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Sunday, December 20, 2009

First Post - Favorite Nonfiction

Without further ado, let me introduce my new book blog. "Hello, book blog. How are you today?" "Just fine, thank you."

I have been writing reviews on Amazon.com since 2006.


My favorite nonfiction reads, roughly in order of preference:



Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin


The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple


Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander by David Cordingly


The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer


Trial of Charles I, The by C. V. Wedgwood


The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright


The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley


The Exploits of Baron de Marbot by Baron de Marbot


Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler by Anne Nelson


Andrew Jackson by Sean Wilentz


Caesar : life of a colossus by Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.


Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power by Robert Dallek


Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller

Rubicon by Tom Holland

The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour


Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.) by Simon Singh




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(Some of) My Favorite Fiction - 2006 to 2009


2009

The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill


The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer


I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage International) by Robert Graves


The Stalin Epigram: A Novel by Robert Littell


The Case of Comrade Tulayev (New York Review Books Classics) by Victor Serge


The Levanter by Eric Ambler


March Violets by Philip Kerr


Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton: A Novel by Philip Kerr


2008


The Three-Arched Bridge (Paperback) by Ismail Kadare


The Polish Officer: A Novel by Alan Furst


Maigret and the Bum (Maigret Mystery Series) by Georges Simenon


The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (European Classics) by Vladimir Voinovich


Darkness at Noon: A Novel by Arthur Koestler


The Day of the Owl (New York Review Books Classics) by Leonardo Sciascia


Dissolution by C. J. Sansom


The Spies of Warsaw: A Novel by Alan Furst


Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (New York Review Books Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle


Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy) by Naguib Mahfouz


The Ballad of Dingus Magee by David Markson


Little Big Man (Panther) by Thomas Berger


The Draining Lake: A Thriller (Reykjavik Thriller) by Arnaldur Indridason


The Radetzky March (Works of Joseph Roth) by Joseph Roth


2007


Augustus: A Novel by John Edward Williams


A Sailor of Austria: In which, without really intending to, Otto Prohaska becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire by John Biggins


The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics) by J.G. Farrell


The Winter Queen: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mysteries) by Boris Akunin


The Janissary Tree: A Novel by Jason Goodwin


Flashman and the Mountain of Light (Flashman) by George MacDonald Fraser


Burmese Days by George Orwell


Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte


Artemus Ward - His Book by Chas F Browne


The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse


McAuslan in the Rough by George MacDonald Fraser


Under Enemy Colors by S. Thomas Russell


Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4) by Bernard Cornwell


True Grit by Charles Portis


Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel (Rumpole Novels) by John Mortimer



2006


Life and Fate (New York Review Books Classics) by Vasily Grossman


Flashman: A Novel (Flashman) by George MacDonald Fraser


A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler


The Last Crossing: A Novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe


The Way West by A. B. Guthrie Jr.


The Big Sky by A. B. Guthrie Jr.


The Towers of Trebizond (New York Review Books Classics) by Rose Macaulay


Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst


Friends of pancho villa by James Carlos Blake


Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe & the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #3) by Bernard Cornwell


The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry


(Some of) My favorite Nonfiction Reads

Favored Nonfiction Books, roughly in order of preference:

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) by James M. McPherson


Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin


The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple


Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander by David Cordingly


The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer


Trial of Charles I, The by C. V. Wedgwood


The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright


The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley


The Exploits of Baron de Marbot by Baron de Marbot


Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler by Anne Nelson


Andrew Jackson by Sean Wilentz


Caesar : life of a colossus by Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.


Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power by Robert Dallek


Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland


The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour


Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.) by Simon Singh


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I'm an alder in the city of Monona, Wisconsin. I'm a progressive, but I like to get things accomplished and try to work with people of all stripes. I'm also interested in baseball, history, books, the outdoors, and politics. I'm an attorney and transportation professional. You can check out my book reviews on Amazon.com (http://amazon.com)
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