The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; 598 pages; $24.95; 1999; The Modern Library, New York, NY; 0-679-60332-8; Purchased from the Title Wave Used Bookstore ($2.50); 6/7/10-6/8/10 This is story of a woman, the Lady Clark, Countess de Fere, Lady Winter, also known simply as Milady. Virtually everything that happens in the story is a caused [...]
We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives, A Swingin’ Showbiz Saga by Paul Shaffer with David Ritz; 322 pages; $26.00; 2009; Flying Dolphin Press, New York, NY; 978-0-385-52483-4;Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; 6/6/10-6/7/10 David Letterman’s’ shout out on the back of the book says that this book is like hanging out [...]
The Protector’s War by S.M. Stirling; 486 pages; 2005; Roc Books, New York, NY; $24.95; 0-451-46046-4; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Hillsdale; 6/3-6/6 1:30 PM Back in Dies the Fire things changed in Oregon, anything electrical stopped, internal combustion doesn’t work, gunpowder is much less explosive. There are three main groups, a Wiccan clan, [...]
America’s Prophet, Moses and the American Story by Bruce Feiler Too often the United State has tried to substitute itself for Israel, God’s chosen people. It has often God’s story and tried to make it it’s own. “The most immediate example Americans drew from the Exodus was the harsh reality the Israelites face in the [...]
