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DNF of January – Your mileage may vary

Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford

Midnight in Mexico by Alfredo Corchado

February 7, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Harriet Tubman by Sarah Hopkins Bradford (3 stars) I know surprisingly little about Harriet Tubman. Were I to sum up the totality of my knowledge, I would say, “she freed a bunch of slaves using the Underground Railroad.” That’s it. I literally don’t know anything else. This book…was ok. It’s not thorough, at all. It’s really short, and would probably be best for a young audience. I downloaded it as a free book on Audible, and I was hoping it was going to be a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alfredo Corchado, Cartels, civil war, Harriet Tubman, Mexican drug war, Midnight in Mexico, Sarah H. Bradford, Slavery

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alfredo Corchado, Cartels, civil war, Harriet Tubman, Mexican drug war, Midnight in Mexico, Sarah H. Bradford, Slavery ·
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Whistleblowers are an integral part of any free society

The Unarmed Truth: My Fight to Blow the Whistle and Expose Fast and Furious by John Dodson

February 5, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Around the middle of January, I kept seeing a meme getting passed around that listed the last several presidents and their biggest controversies. I don’t remember all of them, but the basic gist was that Republican presidents have been riddled with controversial policies and/or behavior (Watergate, Iran/Contra, Iraq, the entirety of Trump’s presidency…). What stood out to me, though, was that the most controversial part of Obama’s presidency, according to this meme, was that he wore a tan suit once. Even though this was just […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Barack Obama, Cartels, Fast and Furious, guns, John Dodson, mexico, politics, The Unarmed Truth

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Barack Obama, Cartels, Fast and Furious, guns, John Dodson, mexico, politics, The Unarmed Truth ·
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“He was just ruthless.”

January 5, 2017 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

Most of what I know about Pablo Escobar I learned from the ESPN documentary series 30 for 30. The documentary, called The Two Escobars, is about the murder of Colombian soccer player Andrés Escobar after scoring an own goal that led to the elimination of Colombia during the 1994 World Cup. Pablo Escobar was killed a few months prior and the directors of the documentary believed that due to Pablo’s fanaticism towards soccer, his influence may have prevented Andrés death. It made Pablo seem bizarrely […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cartels, Colombia, drug trade, Kingpin, Manhunt, Mark Bowden, Medellín, Outlaw

thewheelbarrow's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Cartels, Colombia, drug trade, Kingpin, Manhunt, Mark Bowden, Medellín, Outlaw ·
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