Review of “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert Caro
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 1,162 pages Vintage (Random House) Published: …
Category Archives: Notable People
New Release Alert: “The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty” by Susan Page
The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty by Susan Page 432 pages Twelve (Hachette Book Group) …
New Release Alert: “First: Sandra Day O’Connor” by Evan Thomas
First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas 496 pages Random House Release Date: Mar 19, 2019 * * * Hot …
Review of “The Most Famous Man in America” by Debby Applegate
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate 527 pages Doubleday Published: April …
Reviews of “Schlesinger: The Imperious Historian” by Richard Aldous
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian by Richard Aldous 496 pages W W Norton & Company Release Date: October 10, 2017 * …
Reviews of “A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea” by Masaji Ishikawa
A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 172 pages AmazonCrossing Release Date: December 1, …
New Release Alert: “Montaigne: A Life” by Philippe Desan
* * * Montaigne: A Life by Philippe Desan 832 pages Princeton University Press Release Date: January 24, 2017 * …
New Release Alert: “Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs” by Douglas Smith
Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith 848 pages Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: …
New Release Alert: “Freud: In His Time and Ours” by Élisabeth Roudinesco
Freud: In His Time and Ours by Élisabeth Roudinesco 592 pages Harvard University Press Release Date: November 7, 2016 * …
New Release Alert: “Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and After (Vol. 3)” by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and After (1939-1962) (Volume 3) by Blanche Wiesen Cook 688 pages Viking / Penguin Random …
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