Texas Popular History Series
We’ve been working with the good folks at the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), publishers of the Texas Almanac, to convert an excellent series of 19 popular history books. This series, the Fred Rider...
Category: History
Texas Almanac 2010-2011
When I was a kid, every Christmas my mother would wrap an Almanac under the tree. This was back in the day before the Internet (yes, kids, there was such a time), so these...
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Fiction that interweaves historical fact, especially the World War I or II time periods, are among my favorite reads (and I enjoy writing them as well). Sarah’s Key fits that bill very well, mixing...
Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War 1944-1945 by James Holland
Most histories of World War II focus on North Africa, then the Sicily and Italy invasions by the Allies. But after the fall of Rome a few days before D-Day, they focus on the...
My new novel, Software by the Kilo
In the summer of 2005, I was about to venture into my third small start-up company, wrapping up the last items with my previous employer. As luck would have it, my previous employer had...
Bombing of Bari, Italy compared to Pearl Harbor, WWII
I’ve been doing research for my next novel, Software by the Kilo and have always had a strong interest in World War II. Part of the novel takes place in Italy in World War...
bookrev: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Kurson’s Shadow Divers (loaned to me by my friend Charles, thanks Charles!) is a well written and thoroughly researched non-fiction story of two divers pushing themselves physically and mentally to discover the truth behind...
Candidates on Wrestling?
With the Democratic candidates appearing on Wrestling last night, in advance of the interminably long wait for today’s primary, this picture (from David Dees, thanks Bob) echoes how ridiculous a lot of this campaign...
bookrev: In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson
This book chronicles Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the WWII history An Army At Dawn, during his stint as an embedded journalist with the 101st Airborne in 2003 next to Major General...
tunrev: Dave Mathews and Tim Reynolds at Radio City
The dynamic due put together a phenomenal acoustic album, for Dave and Tim fans, DMB fans and accessible to music lovers of all genres Yes, I’m a Dave Matthew’s fanboy. I purchased both the...