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Two fun books by Brad Thor
A recent stay in Myrtle Beach, SC gave me the opportunity to devour a couple of Brad Thor’s adventure yarns. Blowback and The Lions of Lucerne are two of Brad’s best books. Both books are focused on the escapades of ex-SEAL Scot Harvath. If you you decide to read these books, start with Lions […]
Posted: October 14th, 2010 under Books.
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The Grand Design
I have just finished Stephen Hawking’s latest block buster book, The Grand Design. I guess it’s to be expected that anyone who has spent nearly their entire adult life comtemplating our most fundamental cosmic questions would eventually turn to the role of God, our role in the universe and where we (and the universe) came […]
Posted: September 16th, 2010 under Books.
Tags: cosmology, God, quantum physics, Stephen Hawking, universe
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Tis the season…hurricane that is
My latest read is Thomas Neil Knowles’ book Category 5 – The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. The book was Published by the University Press of Florida and is the result of 12 years of research and many interviews. This is actually my second book on this hurricane. Three years ago I read Phil Scott’s 2006 […]
Posted: September 6th, 2010 under Books.
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