Published in 1959, the same year Hawaii became the fiftieth state in the union (as in Hawaii Five-O), this is the first of Michener’s big door-stopper books. It launched his successful career and made him…
Dayton: The Rise, Decline, and Transition of an Industrial City (Ohio State University Press, 2019) By Adam Millsap I don’t talk a lot about my hometown of Dayton, Ohio. It’s an older rustbelt city in…
The King of Confidence (2020, Little Brown and Company) By Miles Harvey One of the stranger successors to the leadership of the Mormon church was a man known as James Strang. He was a later…
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (2017) By James C. Scott Fascinating book by anthropologist Dr. James C. Scott on the rise of city states, farming and empires. The author attempts…
By Tim Powers. I’ve been a big fan of Tim Powers’ urban and historical fantasy books since I read The Anubis Gates back in 1984. Powers was part of a California group of writers that…
By Dan Gearino I’ve dealt with comic book shops, hobby shops, and game stores for the last fifteen years. It’s part of my day job, which sells products to these establishments. Good bunch of people,…
My latest novel is available: You can purchase it from Amazon. Here is an excerpt: “I don’t need blood flowing in the streets,” the marshal yelled at him. “I have enough trouble with some lunatic…
My latest novel went live today. You can order a copy of it from Amazon. Here is an excerpt from the book: “I don’t need blood flowing in the streets,” the marshal yelled at him….
I first encountered the author of this book, Chris Knowles, in a podcast interview. He’s had a rich and interesting career as a blogger, writer, and comic book historian. The novel was described as a conspiracy thriller. Intrigued, I…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my hedge maze was home to an assortment of birds last summer. Around June, I noted a family of cardinals feeding their fledgling babies at one point while…
