The Bastard is the first of the American Bicentennial Series written by John Jakes in the 1970’s. It is a historical fiction about a french boy who finds out he is the illegitimate son of an English nobleman. After finding impossible barriers to claiming his inheritance in England, he flees to the American […]
Review by Linda Padgett
After watching the movie based on this book, “To End All Wars”, I felt motivated to read the true (unhollywoodized) account of this heroic tale. It’s a true story of a Scottish soldier during WWII who was imprisoned for 3 1/2 years in a Japanese war camp. This group of […]
Guns, Germs and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies By Jared Diamond.
Review By: Linda Padgett
If you have an interest in history, then this is a true gem. His
basic question is why have some societies progressed and developed
far more advanced technologies and as a result been able to
completely wipe other societies from the face of the […]