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Category Archives: Non-Fiction
HTML5 Graphing And Data Visualization Cookbook by Ben Fhala
HTML5 Graphing And Data Visualization Cookbook I don’t have any projects requiring graphing active web pages, and don’t foresee any future projects, but the topic is interesting to me, so I got this free book from the publisher and read … Continue reading
Posted in Computer, Manual, Non-Fiction, Technology
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Batboy by Matthew McGough
In 1991, 16 year old Matthew McGough took a long shot and wrote 15 letters to George Steinbrenner and other members of the New York Yankees management. It paid off big when the following spring, he was sitting in the … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Sports
Tagged 1992, Baseball, Batboy, book review, clubhouse, Matthew McGough, Memoir, New York Yankees, team
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Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
Who would have thought going digital would have allowed stock market traders more opportunities to scam the investors? In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis manages to explain how High Frequency Traders (HFT) used the advantage of speed to basically conduct a form of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Non-Fiction
Tagged book review, digital speed, finance, Flash Boys, High Frequency Trading, Michael Lewis, regulations, SEC, wall street
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Killing Jesus by Bill O’Reilly
Bill O’Reilly is, like me, a lover of history. He makes no bones about being Catholic, but he also makes it clear that this is not a religious book. It’s meant to present the historical facts about the life of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Non-Fiction
Tagged Bill O'Reilly, book review, context, History, Jesus Christ, Killing Jesus, narrative
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The Coconut Latitudes by Rita M. Gardner
Sometimes what seems to be Paradise is actually the opposite. I picked this book up for two reasons. First, it had the word “coconut” in the title – which helped to meet a book I needed for the Geocache Challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Travel
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, abuse, alcoholism, book review, Childhood, Dominican Republic, Memoir, Rita M. Gardner, The Coconut Latitudes
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Waking Up In Eden by Lucinda Fleeson
I read this book as part of a Goodreads Challenge which required a book set in Hawaii. I’ve read a few such books, but quite honestly, there aren’t many set in Hawaii which also got great reviews, so I did a … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Travel
Tagged book review, Hawaii, Kauai, Lucinda Fleeson, Memoir, National Botanical Garden, travel, Waking Up in Eden
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Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose
What makes a good movie or book even better? Knowing that it actually happened. The AMC series TURN is a fantastic bingeworthy show about the Culper Ring – a spy ring out of Setauket, NY that helped turn the tide of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military, Non-Fiction
Tagged Alexander Rose, American Revolution, Benjamin Talmadge, book review, Culper Ring, spy, TURN, Washington's Spies
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