Long ago I realized that I would never be able to keep up with all the interesting books that get published each year. Heck, I can barely keep up with the stack of books piled up on my bedstead or on my desk, just begging to be opened. But that doesn’t mean there’s not a […]
Book Review | The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester
2014-05-08 · by ·
There are few political leaders that have captured my imagination like Winston Churchill does. William Manchester not only tells the story of what is perhaps Britain’s greatest prime minister, he does it in fantastic detail. I’ve read complaints that Manchester uses perhaps too much detail, but I could not have enjoyed it more. Manchester paints […]
New “acquaintances” at Attack of the Books!
2013-09-15 · by ·
On any given day, there are a dozen books on my bed stand. In compete disclosure, some of them have been there for a long time. Perhaps I ought to just move them to a bookshelf somewhere else in the house, but…I really do want to read them. Take, for example, that J.R.R. Tolkein biography that […]
