The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Great Depression was the key formative event in the economic history of the US in the 20th century. It is hard to imagine things … Continue reading
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is deservedly a classic work of history even though it is recent. We believe all sorts of things that just are … Continue reading
Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George B. Dyson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is for someone who is interested in the the history of computing, and in particular the early days around WWII … Continue reading
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather My rating: 5 of 5 stars Certain questions are perennial, and one of those is why the Roman Empire fell. Peter Heather provides … Continue reading
The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal by M. Mitchell Waldrop My rating: 5 of 5 stars Having just read Katie Hafner’s Where Wizard’s Stay Up Late I was ready to tackle this book, which … Continue reading
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet by Katie Hafner My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a classic book that sat on my shelf for a while and I just decided to pick it up … Continue reading
Signing Their Rights Away by Denise Kiernan My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is not a page turner. What this is really useful for is a bathroom book. Small, digestible chunks that let you read a little and put … Continue reading
Gutenberg the Geek by Jeff Jarvis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This short book (more of an essay, really) was sold as an Amazon single. I got it because I have been thinking about the premise that seeing how … Continue reading
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a slightly tricky book to rate. I gave it four stars out of five … Continue reading
Without Hesitation by Hugh Shelton My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a departure for me. I got interested while listening to talk by Ruth Suehle at Ohio LinuxFest in 2011. Gen. Shelton had become Chairman of the Red … Continue reading
