A deep dive into the unsolved murders of the Irish Troubles, with detailed portraits of both the killers and their victims. It was the oral history archive at Boston College that provided much of the evidence to bring all the threads of the story together.
Sarah
A bullseye that is more than worth your time. This carefully crafted book nails the astonishing personal story and clearly explains layers of U.S. history and movements. For ages 12 to 112.
Molly
Such was the ongoing intellectual ferment of the City of Light that even in the squalid Depression decade an extraordinary cast of characters lived singular lives and created exciting things, in spite of - or perhaps stimulated by - the gathering geopolitical dread...
Gary
With a country large and varied as the United States there likely will never be a definitive single-volume history. With These Truths Lepore gives us a largely political history though one informed by the many insights produced by changes in historical methodology over the last few decades. Lepore is always a joy to read. She keeps this book lively and entertaining by focusing on individual lives involved in some of the key dramas that illuminate the how and why of our past.
Dale
With a country large and varied as the United States there likely will never be a definitive single-volume history. With These Truths Lepore gives us a largely political history though one informed by the many insights produced by changes in historical methodology over the last few decades. Lepore is always a joy to read. She keeps this book lively and entertaining by focusing on individual lives involved in some of the key dramas that illuminate the how and why of our past.
Dale
Existentialism, jazz hot, expatriates, blood & guts intellectualism in sidewalk cafes, proto-feminism...an electrifying moment in thought and art grown from the depths of the Occupation. Delicieux!
Gary
It only took one battle, between a rebuilt warship and an experimental frigate built in just 101 days, to completely change naval warfare forever.
John
It's not Indiana Jones, and it's not Uncharted, But it's exciting to know there may still be lost cities out there.
John
A fascinating lens through which to view their historical time and place. The concept really works, and you also get a good thumbnail bio of each of these 20th century giants.
Gary
Through exploring her family's archive of letters and other documents, Yamashita creates a powerful dialog between herself and her past, including her family's experience in the WWII Japanese internment camps, how they reacted, how they coped, and how they moved on when they got home. More than just a memoir, this book teaches by example a new kind of relationship you can have with your familial, national, and cultural story. This is an important book.
Josh
