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About: Antihero by Gregg Hurwitz tells of Evan Smoak, a former government assassin who went underground to help those with nowhere to turn. This is the 11th novel in the Orphan X series. My rating for Antihero – 5Buy Antihero from Amazon.com*More […]
About: Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Reconnaissance Battalion, Vietnam, 1967-1968 by John Edmund Delezen is a memoir of the author’s service in a US Marine Recon Unit during the Vietnam War. Mr. Delezen is a retired […]
About: Jerusalem : The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a history of the famous city and the rise, and fall, of empires and individuals within. Mr. Montefiore is a British historian and author, with a personal connection to Jerusalem through this […]
About: The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva is the 12th book in the Gabriel Allon series, sending the master spy and art restorer extraordinaire from the Vatican to Jerusalem. Once again, Allon founds himself in the middle of geopolitical events. Just when […]
About: Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman tells of America’s extraordinary achievement mobilizing industries to make war machines through the eyes of two businessmen. Mr. Herman is a historian writing from the perspective of […]
About: The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a Pulitzer Prize winner about a father and son walking south in a post apocalyptic America. Mr. McCarthy is an American best-selling author and, as noted, won a few writing contests as well. My rating […]
About: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt addresses the mental health decline in Gen Z and Millennials since 2010 all over the world where cellphones were introduced. Mr. Haidt […]
About: Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor by Christine Kuehn is a gripping memoir of the author’ genealogy search about her family, and the secrets they buried. My rating […]
About: Detour by Jeff Rake and Rob Hart is a science fiction story about the first privately funded mission to Titan, Saturn’s moon. Mr. Rake is the creator of Netflix’s Manifest; Mr. Hart is a published author and journalist. My rating for […]
About: Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Hilarious Cold War Thriller of Unlikely Heroes, Russian Spies, and High School Drama in the Heart of 1980s Suburban America by Ace Atkins is a nostalgic thriller, a mash up of espionage and 1980s […]
