From A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World’s Most Legendary Watch by Stacy Perman. Think about the daily pollution, filth, and disease that existed on city streets prior to the advent of the automobile. A nod to Dr. Boudreaux…
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Quick Book Review: Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
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Finally making some headway in my queue after some diversions. Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made was written by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original geniuses behind the original Macintosh. Hertzfeld has…
Book Review: Exploding The Phone by Phil Lapsley
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This book (official site) just came out early February 2013. There was a good review in the WSJ on it so I ordered it. Exploding The Phone is the story of phone “phreaking”/hacking form the early days right up through the birth…
Quick Book Review: Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano
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Last weekend my middle-school aged daughter had an indoor soccer tournament at a school in a small rural town about 45 minutes away. These tournaments always have some kind of concession stand with the usual soft drinks, candies, fruit, etc.…
Quick Book Review: Citadel: The Battle of Kursk by Robin Cross
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The title is: Citadel: The Battle of Kursk by Robin Cross. I didn’t really plan it this way, but I guess I’ve been on a bit of a WWII Eastern Front thing lately with books. Maybe it’s from too much Hogan’s…
Quick Book Review: Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
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The book is Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front by Gunter K. Koschorrek. Saw this title while checking another in recent months. The book is very anti-war in tone. The brief synopis from Amazon reads:…
Quick Book Review: The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
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I think I saw a reference to this book in the Wall Street Journal a couple of months ago. I needed a break from the usual books. The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost is light, a quick read,…
Book Review: Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos
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I’ve been interested in Polaroid for a long time. We had several models in the family when I was a kid in the 70s and early 80s. In the 70s my grandfather had the SX-70 and one other model. I…
Quick Book Review: The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
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I recently wrapped-up The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme by John Keegan in paperback. I didn’t realize this until fairly recently but apparently it’s considered a classic look (the many reviews at Amazon are overwhelmingly positive) at…
Book Review: Tigers in the Mud by Otto Carius
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Picked this one (Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius) up on a whim a couple months ago. Otto Carius is one of the most famous/decorated tank commanders in history. In WWII he led…