Some notes from recent reading.
Echo Island
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Bolivar: American Liberator
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Call of the Wild
Into the Wild
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows
Books that Changed America
The American Dream Is Not Dead:
Huey Long
Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
The Right Stuff
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (Arlo Finch, #2)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two
Thunderstruck
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (Arlo Finch, #1)
The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific
Confessions of a Food Catholic
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy
Titan: 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 History
Grant
Hidden Figures
Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style
The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-Of-Age Crisis--And How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
Alexander Hamilton
To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
The Kingdom of Speech
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
The Big Book of Irony
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life
Animal Farm
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Humans Are Underrated: Proving Your Value in the Age of Brilliant Technology
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Works 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 You
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn