A book that has all the paintings of this great Flemish painter at an affordable price. The reproductions are vivid and of a decent size.…
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Infectious – Why Read Moby-Dick?
I am posting this review here as I note that the hundreds of reviews linked to this book {the kindle version} are actually on the…
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Coffee table book – Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Edition: Voyage of Discovery
I first read this in 2004 for the bicentennial celebration of the voyage. The Lewis and Clark Voyage of Discovery {May 1804 to Dec 1806}…
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Light reading – Jefferson’s America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation
This is not an easy book to read. The flow is rather disjointed. One can’t get to grip with the stories on the 6 explorers…
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Adventure – Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West
I first read in 2013 this excellent narrative of the famous Lewis and Clark exploration for an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean by sailing…
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A gem – The English and their History
Awesome. A wonderfully written history of England from its birth to 2014. Written by a Professor of History from Cambridge University this 1000-page book is…
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The most theological
The Gospel of John is the most theological of the 4 Gospels. It begins with this most mesmerising of verses – In the beginning, was…
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An introduction – Darwin And The Beagle
This book on the 5-year journey of the Beagle round the world, with Charles Darwin on board as a 22-year-old naturalist is actually developed from…
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Brilliant – The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn
There are two popular histories of The Battle of the Little Big Horn of 1876. The earlier book, Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen Ambrose…
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An obsession – Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
I read this hardcover when it came out in 2013. This is an easy to read the biography of a still relatively unknown American who…
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