by envisionmg | Nov 14, 2014 | Non-fiction, Staff Picks
Recommended by Linda A true story of Louis Zamperini, a famous runner and survivor of a Japanese concentration camp in WWII. The story chronicles his life as a mischievous youth, his preparation for the Olympics, his abuse as a prisoner and the effects war had on his...
by envisionmg | Nov 12, 2014 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Non-fiction, Today In History
I was afraid November 12 was going to be all World War I stuff (winding down from Veterans/Armistice day) or Pilgrims (winding up for Thanksgiving). How wrong I was. I had to pick and choose what went in this list. I made a real sacrifice and left out the marriage of...
by envisionmg | Nov 10, 2014 | History, Jim Reviews
I picked this book up simply because it was the only time I had seen a history of World War II told from the perspective of the Japanese. What I hadn’t realized is Hara’s Japanese Destroyer Captain was actually a much older book. It was originally...
by envisionmg | Nov 7, 2014 | Adventure, Non-fiction, Travel
By Jim I was on vacation a couple weeks ago; I went nowhere but roamed around the right side of the globe from the comfort of the wing back chair in my living room (coffee and cats were added bonuses). Here’s where I went. The 8:55 to Baghdad – Andrew...
by envisionmg | Nov 3, 2014 | History, Jim Reviews
I have to confess I used to hate the Italian Renaissance. This is largely because my only exposure to it was an art history class in which the teacher would (when not talking about the wonders of two point perspective) flash slides of paintings up on a wall and say...
