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Why this book:  Selected by my bi-monthly reading group as its selection for May 2019.  It is a modern classic: The novel won the Booker Prize and the author won the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature, and this is his … Continue reading →

Why this book: Written by my good friend Paul Shemella who I know well from my time in the Navy, and for whom I have worked for several times since, when he was the Director of the Center for Civil … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended to me by my friend Peter Rea and then a couple of weeks later by my friend Letizia Amadini-Lane.  Dr Eger is a holocaust survivor who tells an amazing story of survival – and she is alive … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended to my by my friend Peter Rae. Summary in 3 sentences:  Imagine taking a fairly random group of about 2000 civilians from a number of different countries, locking  them inside a small compound, taking away all … Continue reading →

Why this book: Suggested by a senior Naval Officer to my good friend and naval officer extraordinaire Emily, who suggested it to me.  I have been interested in existentialism since my college days and the philosophers who are referenced in this … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended to me by my son Brad . He thought it might help me better understand my other son, his brother Patrick.  It was a good recommendation. Summary in 4 Sentences: This is the very personal first … Continue reading →

Why this book:  Suggested by my good friend Carl Czech to be read by a reading group I’m in at work. I hadn’t heard of it, but after getting started, I found out that it is winner of the National … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended by The Economist as one of the best books of 2018, and selected by my literature reading group to read and discuss at our next meeting Summary in 3 sentences: This the story of the Iliad, told … Continue reading →

Why this book: I’ve studied Nietzsche off and on since I was in college.  Much in his philosophy appeals to me.  I have recently listened to a 24 lecture series in the Great Courses on his philosophy and I continue … Continue reading →

Why this book:  Jean Guerrero had been in our literature reading group a number of years ago, and when we learned that she had written this book, and one of our members had read it and commented that it was … Continue reading →