Some notes from recent reading.
Echo IslandLongitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His TimeBolivar: American LiberatorBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeGuns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesThe Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the GulfThings That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and PoliticsThe Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the BlitzThe Call of the WildInto the WildThe Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed AmericaArlo Finch in the Kingdom of ShadowsBooks that Changed AmericaThe American Dream Is Not Dead:Huey LongInto the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El FaroRange: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized WorldThe Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal WestTen Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to ConstantineDestiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a PresidentHymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil WarThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the SeaThe Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob PoliticsThe Right StuffUndaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild FrontierGame Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3DFrederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomArlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (Arlo Finch, #2)In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's BerlinBig Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War TwoThunderstruckOn Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great BooksIndianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent ManThe Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital RevolutionArlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (Arlo Finch, #1)The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil WarCountdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital WeaponRocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the MoonIslands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the PacificConfessions of a Food CatholicWilliam Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A LifeThe Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in HistoryKillers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIIsaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in HistorySuicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American DemocracyTitan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American HistoryGrantHidden FiguresStorycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative NonfictionAstoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and SurvivalSpunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & StyleThe Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital WorldGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldThe Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-Of-Age Crisis--And How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-RelianceAlexander HamiltonTo Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian NationThe Kingdom of SpeechValiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American RevolutionThe Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free SocietiesHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisThe Big Book of IronyOn Writing: A Memoir of the CraftWordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing LifeAnimal FarmDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the LusitaniaPrayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with GodExtreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and WinHumans Are Underrated: Proving Your Value in the Age of Brilliant TechnologyTeam of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex WorldWorks Well with Others: An Outsider's Guide to Shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches YouRebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall JacksonThe Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn