When I clicked on the Amazon page for this book, I was shocked. The cheapest they have it listed is $28.05, when it has $9.99 printed on the back. I guess that’s cheaper than a trip to Long Beach, but as I wouldn’t recommend this book for anything other than a souvenir, you should probably spend your money on a different book.
A sadly relevant tale: the 1970 murder of an innocent black man by three white men
The state of North Carolina is a perfect example of “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” In Blood Done Sign My Name, Tim Tyson recounts a story from his youth in Oxford, NC in which a young black man is murdered by three white men, all of whom were fully acquitted by a white jury. The heart of Tyson’s story is the 1970 murder of Henry Marrow, a black Vietnam veteran with a wife, two children, and another on the way. […]
Detailed answers to questions you’ve never thought to ask.
I’ll admit, I zipped through What if? by Randall Munroe pretty quickly. It’s an interesting idea for a book and some of the questions Munroe answers were strangely fascinating. Unfortunately, I don’t have much patience for lengthy sciency-wiency explanations, so sometimes I would sort of drift off, or skim the answers. I definitely felt smarter when I got to the end though and I’m just waiting to show off next time someone asks me an absurd hypothetical question. Munroe is an entertaining writer and I […]
Does he need them, though?
This is another book I got out of a free box. I probably wouldn’t have paid money for it, but it was alright, I guess.
The internet ruins more of my childhood.
Just like the World’s Fair (see my last review), the internet has taken a lot of steam away from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. Reading this did make me want to visit my local Odditorium, though.
Tesla was there, but Twain wasn’t.
If you’re a fan of history or reading about serial killers, you should check out this book. Sorry for the generic lead-in, my mind doesn’t want to work right now.
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