Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) by Kent Haruf J.K. George's review Nov 30, 2023 My hard-cover copy of this wonderful and relatively short (at about 300 pages) novel came from a library in south Florida, where it was owned previously by a literary society. Not a new release - it was published in 1999 - the…
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About: JK James George
J. K. (Jim) George writer and student of the world has been an avid amateur radio enthusiast, with special love for Morse code and radiosporting, since his teenage years, over fifty years ago. He started his hobby listening to short-wave broadcasts and long-distance AM radio stations. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he was president of the VT Amateur Radio Club and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering after serving as Chair of the Advisory Boards for both Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as the College of Engineering.
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Book Review: Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences, by Joan Biskupic
Ms. Biskupic, the Senior Court Reporter for the New York Times, puts an almost endless number of facts and information into this book of 333 pages, augmented by 45 pages of notes and another 21 pages of a comprehensive index. Nevertheless, it's fascinating and well worth the read. All nine justices, of course, are appointed…
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Book Review: 1964 Eyes of the Storm, by Paul McCartney
This is a wonderful "coffee table book." Especially if you are one of those who grew up when the Beatles and Rolling Stones were all the rage. Of course, the Stones still are, sort of, an aging wonder personified by the ageless Mick Jagger. However as opposed to the bad-boy Stones, the Beatles were a…
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Book Review: The Wager-A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder, by David Grann
Another of my amazing men's book club selections. The Wager, a non-fiction account of 257 pages, also includes copious notes, an extensive bibliography, an index, and illustrations in this 330-page book. I took eleven pages of notes in order to both follow the story and try to summarize my feelings. The cast of characters is…
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