E=mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis. Walker Publishing. 337 pages. In my ongoing book research and quest to understand what the nature of energy is and how its state differs from that of matter, I came upon this book. I am not a physicist, nor do I play one … More Review: “E=mc2” by David Bodanis
Chains of Command (Frontlines) by Marko Kloos. 47North. 384 pages. It’s been a year and a lot of water under the bridge since I read and reviewed Angles of Attack, Marko Kloos’ last book in his space combat series. So the first thing I did when Chains of Command came out a few weeks ago … More Review: “Chains of Command” by Marko Kloos
Swarm Troopers: How Small Drones Will Conquer the World by David Hambling. Kindle Edition. 323 pages. I’ve always had an affinity for all things techie, even though I’m not a physicist (though I could play one on TV). And so this kind of book was good in the sense that it presented something somewhat new … More Review: “Swarm Troopers” by David Hambling
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. 249 pages. Sentinel. One of the distinct pleasures of teaching at a university is having immediate access to a library that holds a million books. Well, maybe not a million, but a bunch. More than I could ever read. And while waiting for … More Review: “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates” by Kilmeade and Yaeger
The Last Apostle by Dennis Brooke. 366 pages. Made for Grace Publishing. I have to start off by saying that I waited for a day before I wrote this review, mainly because I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, when I read a guest blog by the author with his storyline, I … More Review: “The Last Apostle” by Dennis Brooke
Rewinder (Rewinder Series) by Brent Battles. 260 pages. 47North. It’s been a while since I’ve found a book that kept my interest so much that I read it from start to finish in essentially one sitting. This is one of them. What’s even better is that it’s a time travel book, a genre that offers … More Review: “Rewinder” by Brent Battles
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King. Scribner Books. 288 pages. To be totally honest, this is the third time that I have read this book. But there’s a very good reason why I’ve chosen to use this as one of the textbooks in my Narrative Writing class, even though some of … More Review: “On Writing” by Stephen King
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel. Crown Books. 280 pages. Amazing. This is my second non-science-fiction book in a row to read and review. I must be changing my ways. But then again, former ABC News Nightline anchor Ted Koppell dares to tackle a topic that most would … More Review: “Lights Out” by Ted Koppel
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan Books. 283 pages. My students would think it a little bit weird if I were to tell them that I just finished reading an exceptional book on death and dying. After all, when you’re 20 years old, you don’t want to think … More Review: “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande
Containment by Christian Cantrell. 47 North. 297 pages. In Rough Writers, the student-led creative writing club at our University that meets every week, there’s an ongoing friction between the fantasy writers and those who are into science fiction. Often the discussion is about magic versus science, but really I think a lot of the conflict … More Review: “Containment” by Christian Cantrell
The Great Adventure 