![]() ![]() ![]() BH Liddell Hart was a professional soldier and also an extraordinary writer. In this case, I have no doubt: I loved both. Very often I am plagued by the question of whether I have enjoyed a work of biography because I liked the subject or because the quality of the writing was excellent leading me to like the subject. ![]() This book is not for everyone, but with the domestic events of the past few years being what they were I became curious enough to want to learn how the heck did we get to this? Since General Sherman was a major figure in this war, it only made sense to find out more about him. ![]() Secondly, the level of detail in this extraordinary biography is what makes history come alive for me. The Civil War is perhaps the darkest moment in American history and although I like to read about how it affected the daily lives of all Americans and learn what they were thinking and doing, I want isolated components of the war to be presented without any filter. And, try as they might, that bias leaks through. I've found that nearly all American historians who write about the American Civil War have some degree of bias, whether it be for or against the North or the South. First, the author was a British historian. There were two important features of this book that really stood out for me. This book was released in 1929 and I'm fortunate enough to have found a really good original edition. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895-1970) was an English soldier, military historian and leading inter-war theorist. ![]()
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The equally deceased Albert Goldman, in his biography of the world’s first great pop star, delivered an unforgettable picture of Presley stupefied by cheeseburgers and pharmaceuticals, trussed up in a giant nappy, surrounded by all the white-trash status symbols that unlimited wealth and stupidity could assemble, and meeting his end in the toilet. Should you seek a working hypothesis as to why Lisa. ![]() What survives of him is his reputation and, of late, that too has been in rather poor health. LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS The Rise of Elvis Presley By Peter Guralnick 560 pages. Peter Guralnicks book definitely does start form the beginning of Elvis life and lets us know that he does come from humble beginnings and becomes famous. Despite what the more lurid American magazines periodically tell us, Elvis Presley is as dead as a doornail. ![]() ![]() Then he told his engineers to implement the recommended alterations made by consumers. 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Akio Morita created the most successful consumer electronics product ever: the Walkman sold 250 million units. ![]() Yet, reading Akio Morita’s story again, having spent 30 years in the area of patents and innovation, I still enjoyed it enormously. As of the time I am reading now, which is May 2022, the book and I have really aged a lot. It was back in the year 1990 when I read this book for the first time. ![]() ![]() It's so wonderful for children to see that they don't have to live a certain way but can enjoy both things considered feminine and masculine regardless of their gender.Ī wonderful 10th instalment to the series, The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink is a great book for any beginner or reader who wants to smile. The Prince is such a joy, meeting him filled me with such glee. I had thought The Mermaid Princess was a new high for the series but The Prince in Pink has doubled every wonderful thing I love about these books. 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