Category Archives: Non Fiction

The Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before And After Jesus by Thomas Cahill

Posted on April 18, 2014 by bseat

On this Good Friday in 2014 it seems appropriate to consider the impact of Jesus on our history, culture and thought. Thomas Cahill in his continuing series on the Hinges of History takes up the question of Jesus and his … Continue reading →

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Afirca, 1942-3 by Rick Atkinson

Posted on January 17, 2014 by bseat

As a late Baby Boomer I feel like I know very little about World War II other than what I studied in school (History and Political Science major) and saw in the movies or on TV.  So after reading a … Continue reading →

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Megachange: The World in 2050 edited by John Andrews and D. Franklin

Posted on July 12, 2013 by bseat

As a change of pace from the fiction that I usually read, I have been slowly working my way through Megachange: The World in 2050.  Every year The Economist puts out “The World in…” but Megachange jumps ahead to 2050 … Continue reading →

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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

Posted on May 10, 2013 by bseat

According to anthropologists cooking literally changed our lives! Before we learned to cook people spent hours hunting and gathering food and ate it raw, and then, because raw food was not easily digested, we quickly got hungry and had to … Continue reading →

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In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Posted on March 15, 2013 by bseat

Last year I read “Devil in the White City,” which is a fascinating historical account of the World’s Fair held in Chicago in 1893 and the serial killer who was using that venue to stalk and kill his victims. So … Continue reading →

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Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill

Posted on December 14, 2012 by bseat

I first encountered Cahill when I read “How the Irish Saved Civilization,”  the first volume in his  “Hinges of History.” It  was a joy to read!  Cahill likes to use themes in writing about history and he takes seemingly simple … Continue reading →

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Posted on November 16, 2012 by bseat

Sometimes you are surprised by a book. It takes you on a journey that you never expected and when it ends leaves you wondering how you ended up at this point rather than the one you anticipated when you opened … Continue reading →

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Manhunt by Peter Bergen

Posted on November 9, 2012 by bseat

A little while after the 9/11 Commission released its’ report in 2004, I saw a review of it in the Washington Post and was interested that they found it ‘highly readable,” unlike many such reports which are dry and incomprehensible.  … Continue reading →

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