A review of Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David E. Sanger. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). As the subtitle of this excellent book hints so broadly, the apparently anti-war candidate Obama quickly morphed in office into a resolute, hands-on Commander in Chief.
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A review of 36 Yalta Boulevard, by Olen Steinhauer. @@@@ (4 out of 5). The third installment in Olen Steinhauer’s outstanding Central European cycle, focusing on the life and mind of Brano Sev, a World War II partisan fighter turned secret policeman. Fast-paced, well-written.
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A review of Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World, by Beverly Schwartz. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). Stories of 18 outstanding Ashoka Fellows and the pioneering work they’re doing on five continents.
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A review of The Midnight House, by Alex Berenson. @@@@ (4 out of 5). The Midnight House of the title is a secret site in Poland where high-value prisoners in the “war on terror” are secretly flown to be tortured outside the reach of U.S. law. There’s nothing subtle about this novel.
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A review of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, by Jon Gertner. @@@@ (4 out of 5). How one company advanced the science and technology that shape the world we live in today: the transistor, the laser, quality assurance methods, communications satellites, mobile telephony, digital photography, and fiber-optic communications,
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.