Books and LiteratureHistoryKetwigreviewreviewsThe DraftVietnam EraVietnam Warwarwarfare
This review is just going to be some comments I made about it on the Diaspora Social Network this past week or so… ___ In the last 45 years or so, I’ve read MANY books on this event/era; some written by generals or politicians, but the most truly gut-wrenching and informative were the ones written […]
JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power by John M. Newman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was one HELLUVA book. I’ve had this on a shelf in my house for quite a few years. I should have read it long before now. I’ve studied the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam for […]
Books and LiteratureJohn DensmoremusicreviewreviewsThe Doors
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors by John Densmore My rating: 4 of 5 stars Damn! And I thought The Band had a story to tell. Densmore’s reminiscences about The Doors, the era, his personal struggles, etc. are a glorious tapestry of tales of joy, woe, fears, accomplishments, and […]
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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 See those five stars up above there? I often say that I try to not give a book a 5-Star review unless it’s made quite an impression on me. Well, I was about a third of the way through this book a couple days back and I already knew that I wasn’t going to […]
I woke this morning with an old tune playing away in my head. That’s not an unusual thing for me; I often wake to music. This particular song was an earworm the entire morning until I had the chance to come in here at the computer and actually play it… This song is a reminiscence […]
History1969KissingerNixonProtestsVietnam EraVietnam War
This is just a quickie posting here, folks. I wanted to alert my three readers that there was a very interesting episode of American Experience on PBS last night. You can watch it any time by visiting the American Experience website. The Movement and the “Madman” The Movement and the “Madman” shows how two antiwar […]
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In psychology, the psyche/ˈsaɪki/ is the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious.[1] Many thinkers, including Carl Jung, also include in this definition the overlap and tension between the personal and the collective elements in man.[2]* Initially I was going to post this on my Nocturnal Slacker v2.0 blog, which is a more general […]
Books and Literature19th Century EnglandDickensPickwickpublishingreviewreviewsRobert SeymourStephen Jarvis
Death and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis My rating: 5 of 5 stars A 5-Star rating is something I try not to give too often. However, in the case of this book, I’m going to have to do just that; mostly because of the time and effort the author must have put into the writing […]
Books and LiteratureCloud AtlasDavid Mitchellhistoryliteraturephilosophyreviewreviews
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had been meaning to read this book since about 2005 when I saw it on the shelf at my local public library. I looked it over at that time and decided against it, but with thoughts of reading at some future time. A […]
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have a slew of adjectives to use to describe my experience of cramming this 900+ page book down in just 8 days of reading. The very first one that comes to mind, though, even as I was only about 100 pages into this […]
