Queen of Katwe – Book Review – The Book Review Directory
As a non-fiction book set in Uganda, Queen of Katwe is a novel I would never normally have picked…
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Inspired, Not Retired – Editorial Review – The Book Review Directory
Title: Inspired, Not Retired: Leadership Lessons from Father to Son Author: Dr. Burl W. Randolph Jr….
Midnight Flight to Nuremberg – Editorial Review – The Book Review Directory
Title: Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: The Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolph Hitler into Power Author: Marcus A….
Review of “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig
King: A Lifeby Jonathan Eig688 pagesFarrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: May 2023 Jonathan Eig’s “King: A Life” was published early last…
The Great Boomsky – Editorial Review – The Book Review Directory
Title: The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic’s First Black Superstar Author: Margaret Steele Genre: Biography In…
With sketchy biographies and genetic research, revelations
A decade and a half ago Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. co-produced and narrated a four-episode series on PBS,…
Tapestry of My Mother’s Life – Editorial Review – The Book Review Directory
Title: Tapestry of My Mother’s Life: Stories, Fragments, and Silences Author: Malve von Hassell Genre: Biography / Memoir …
Winston Churchill was a warlord, this biography shows
You might expect, if you’ve read a little about Winston Churchill, that only during World War II did he become…
Review of “Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow
Mark Twainby Ron Chernow1,174 pagesPenguin PressPublished: May 13, 2025 Ron Chernow’s latest, and widely-anticipated, biography of “Mark Twain” has just…
A briliant revisionist history of the Fifties
We look upon the 1950s as a decade of conformity when little of consequence happened in the United States. But…