|
RC Dems |
| WI
Dems Your Reps WI Dems Online |
|
DNC |
|
RC Online |
|
POLITICAL INFO! |
| BOOK
REVIEWS
and RECOMMENDATIONS
We will be posting book reviews and recommendations from members and other interested parties. To submit a review/recommendation, please submit the following:
Email your reviews/recommendations to: williamdavis48@gmail.com
|
|
| MR. GATLING'S TERRIBLE MARVEL by JulieKeller | |
| I recommend this book because it tells not only about the Gatling gun and how it changed history, but also about the role of arms manufacturing in America's industrial revolution, and the role of the the patent office in jump-starting technological progress. Unfortunately, it also tells more than you would ever want to know about Richard Jordan Gatling. Recommended by Jerry McConoughey. Posted April 7, 2009. | |
|
|
|
| MARLEY AND ME by John Grogan | |
| I recommend it because it is really funny. I laughed out loud at the antics of this neurotic dog. Recommended by Jerry McConoughey. Posted March 25, 2009 | |
|
|
|
|
THE LANGUAGE OF GOD by Francis S. Collins |
|
| Francis Collins was the long time head of the human genome project. I liked it because it forced me to think in new ways about the relationship between faith and science. Recommended by Jerry McConoughey. Posted March 25, 2009 | |
|
|
|
| THE FOREVER WAR by Dexter Filkins | |
| Dexter Filkins is a New York Times foreign correspondent who has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. The frontispiece of the book describes the book as being "...a brilliant, fearless work, not just about America's wars after 9/11, but ultimately about the nature of war itself." I couldn't agree more. Recommended by Bill Davis. Posted: March 21, 2009 | |
|
|
|
| DRIFTLESS by David Rhodes | |
| After about three decades, David Rhodes is back on the scene with his new novel, Driftless. I like the book because it is set in our home area (the driftless zone of Wisconsin), it is well-written with real and believable characters, and David is my friend. Any of these would be good reasons to recommend the book, but together they're just dynamite! Get the book. Read the book. You'll enjoy! Recommended by Bill Davis. Posted: March 21, 2009 | |
|
|
|
| JUST HOW STUPID ARE WE? by Rick Schenkman | |
| Have you ever wondered why we as a people elect the people we elect and make the decisions we make. This book won't supply all of those answers, but it does provide some important insights. I read the book over a month ago, so now \I'll be heading over to the Brewer Library to check it out again. I think it's worth a second read. Recommended by Bill Davis. Posted: March 21, 2009 | |
|
|
|
| BROTHERS by Da Chen | |
| The story takes in modern China. The lives of two brothers whose father is a general in the Chinese Army, and the part of a wealthy and powerful family. One son is the only son of the General and his wife., and the other is the offspring of a rape committed by the General. I think the novel provides an interesting look into the operation of that inscrutable land. It's not history, but it does provide a human look into one of the most important countries of our era. Recommended by Bill Davis. Posted: March 21, 2009. | |
|
|
|
| UNACCUSTOMED EARTH by Jhumpa Lahiri | |
| When I grabbed this off of the "new fiction" shelf, I assumed that I was getting a novel. It's not a novel in a traditional sense. It's three stories tied together by the theme of what it's like to move from Calcutta to the United States and become planted in unaccustomed earth. I suppose in a way it's the story of immigrants adjusting, but with a particularly Indian point of view. I'm glad I read this book. Recommended by Bill Davis. Posted: March 21, 2009. | |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||