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Sunday, August 21, 2022

The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini and Hitler. Book 27 of 2022

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  Pope Pius XII has had an ambiguous history until the opening of the Vatican archives this book was based on. The Pope at War: The Secret H...

Courage, Like All of Life, is Non-Linear

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Sir Lewis Hamilton, 7-time Formula 1 World Champion Courage, like so much of life, is non-linear.  Lewis Hamilton has won more races than an...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Life-Long Bike Obsession Began with a Trike Trip

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"Suicide Cycling Around the World" That's the title a former co-worker said I should use for a memoir.  Another friend was enc...
Monday, August 15, 2022

The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Hannah Arendt: Book 26 of 2022

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Hannah Arendt was very much a public intellectual. She was willing to speak and be interviewed on radio and TV and in public settings.  The ...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut: Book 25 of 2022

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In 1986, the human race was wiped out, except for a dozen people who escaped from Ecuador to the Galapagos island of Santa Rosalia.  From th...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Marching Back to Health

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Fifty years ago on February 1, I started Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The skill I use the most from that eigh...
Saturday, August 6, 2022

The Echo of Greece by Edith Hamilton Book 24 of 2022

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Edith Hamilton wrote a series of books on Greece and Rome.  This is the third I have read. The first two:  The Roman Way and The Greek Way...