*Overall rating is the average of the following ratings.* Episode 1: World War II Ghost Army: 5 starsSeptember 21, 1944. This was a fascinating episode. Before listening to this, I had never heard of the Ghost Army. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, aka Ghost Army, was a 1,100 man unit that pretended to be an … More Review: Days that Changed the World by Carrie Gibson
“In fact, archeological evidence offers hints that felines have been your companions for as long if not longer than canines –or to put it this way, the partnership between cats and humans is older than currency, older than man’s use of metals, and older even that written language.” This book is about the true history … More ARC Review: A Cat’s Tale: A Journey Through Feline History by Baba the Cat and Paul Koudounaris
Stamped From the Beginning discusses the history of racism and racist ideas in America. Kendi focuses on five main people who have made the biggest impact on racism and anti-racism in our history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis. “When men oppress their … More Review: Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
“Anthropodermic bibliopegy had been a specter on the shelves of libraries, museums, and private collections for over a century. Human skin books -mostly made by 19th century doctor bibliophiles – are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain, but for the physical makeup of the object. They repel and fascinate, … More ARC Review: Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom
“There will come a time when we will love humanity, when we will gain the courage to fight for an equitable society for our beloved humanity, knowing, intelligently, that when we fight for humanity, we are fighting for ourselves.” This book is powerful and amazing. I have so many thoughts and feelings from this book … More Review: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
This audiobook consists of 48 lectures discussing the history of Ancient Egypt. It starts with prehistoric Egypt and goes through to the end of the Egyptian empire with Cleopatra. This audiobook covers a little bit of the whole history of Egypt, which is great for those who have little knowledge of Egypt or who only … More Review: The History of Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier
This audiobook is broken down into twelve lectures that discuss women in power in the ancient world, what power is, the different types of power there are and people in power are viewed and remembered differently because of their sex. Kara Cooney does an amazing job at breaking down the history of women in power … More Review: Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World by Kara Cooney
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Pole, but unfortunately they never made it. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its the Pole,, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men were left drifting on ice packs … More Review: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
After listening to Dr. Cooney’s previous book, The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, I knew I wanted to read this book as soon as possible. I got it on audiobook and now here we are. This book focuses on six queens who ruled Egypt: Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, … More Review: When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
This book presents a fascinating and new perspective on the life of Hatshepsut and her rule as King. This is a biography of Hatshepsut’s life and how she came into power. Since there is first hand source material from Ancient Egypt isn’t common, Cooney is very clear that most of this is speculation and she … More Review: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
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