by Library Lin | Apr 14, 2022 | Books
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Since I grew up roughly 70 miles west of the setting of Blood Done Sign My Name, I understand many of the customs and attitudes Timothy B. Tyson refers to. He is only a couple of years... 
by Library Lin | Apr 11, 2022 | Economics
332. Books on financial economics Further Reading: Liaquat Ahamed Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, 2009. Investment manager Liaquat Ahamed comes to the surprising conclusion that four global bankers were primarily responsible for the worldwide... 
by Library Lin | Apr 4, 2022 | Biography
920. Collective biography books Further Reading: Daisy Bates The Long Shadow of Little Rock, 1988. American civil rights activist, Daisy Bates, led nine Black children into the all-White Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1957. To enter,... by Library Lin | Apr 1, 2022 | Books
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always been a fan of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. When I was younger, I loved The Chronicles of Narnia... 
by Library Lin | Mar 29, 2022 | Literature
818. Books on American miscellaneous writings Further Reading: Carol Brightman Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World, 1992. Twentieth-century intellectual Mary McCarthy was an influential activist and writer known for her social and political commentary and...