Books
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Dangerous Company’
What would Hunter’s life look like today if his last name weren’t Biden?
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response’
What was once tagged the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer” is now deemed “global boiling” by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Operation Underworld’
Matthew Black's "Operation Underworld" is an interesting and informative look back at this fascinating alliance between American gangsters and U.S. naval intelligence officers.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq’
The passage of 20 years has not healed the wounds inflicted by the U.S. invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq on March 20, 2003.
Interview with James L. Traylor, co-author of ‘Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction’
In my last On Crime column, I interviewed Max Allan Collins, the co-author of "Spillane: The King of Pulp Fiction," a fine biography of the late crime writer Mickey Spillane.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Letters to Trump’
Decades before he became the most powerful man on Earth, former (and likely future) President Donald Trump was an influential person, popular with reporters and celebrities alike.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction’
I read "I, the Jury" when I was a preteen and was much taken with the bold crime novel, especially the shocking ending. Those early Mickey Spillane novels left an indelible impression on this crime aficionado.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America’
Are Republicans too comfortable with losing?
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shelter From the Storm’
In "The Wizard of Oz," as Dorothy emerges from the tornado, she discovers her house has fallen on the Wicked Witch of the East.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘I Am the Storm: Inspiring Stories of People Who Fight Against Overwhelming Odds’
"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it" is a quote attributed to Charles Dudley Warner, an editor at the Hartford Courant in the late 1800s.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Called to Serve: The Inspiring, Untold Stories of America’s First Responders’
There is a saying that when something bad happens, people run from it, but police officers, firefighters and other first responders run toward it.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Truth About Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History’
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the agent that causes the disease COVID-19, remains a mystery to the public.
