A massive wildfire has surrounded Tassajara Mountain Center. So massive that even the fire crews have decided that it would be wiser not to fight it.

Mrs. Johnston wrote a wonderful book that her family would treasure forever, a fascinating history that would be lost if the author didn’t write it down

A non-fiction historical account of the drive from Normandy to Germany. The book is a treasure trove of soldiers’ portraits, personal accounts and interviews.

The book tells about Grann’s fascination with “Z”, a mythical city mentioned by explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett. Mr. Fawcett disappeared in the Amazon region

One of the most significant outcomes of 1961 was the perceived weakness Khrushchev found in Kennedy, prompted him to place missiles in Cuba & give up Berlin

Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History’s Most Notorious Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon – A book dedicated to women in a short biographical chapter

Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea to raise moral Colonel Prossen gave the soldiers a treat – a sightseeing tour, from the air, of a lost valley nicknamed Shangri-La.

Pox: An increasingly powerful government took on the position that the benefit of all people outweighs the problems of the few starting vaccination campaigns

The book centers on Solomon Dwek, son of a rabbi, born in Deal, NJ. Dwek made his fortune as an unlicensed real estate broker and got caught in a ponzi scheme

This is an amazing compilation which gives us insight into the mind of two ambitious men who are striving towards a goal no-one thought possible.