Everything Nonfiction

Review of Amelia

2009-11-11T16:34:51-06:00

The film Amelia is about fame as much as it is about Amelia Earhart. Her story is an example of how publicity and the right slant can catapult someone into the spotlight. She was at the right place...

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Review of Fordlandia by Greg Grandin

2009-11-10T00:28:43-06:00

The title Fordlandiais not the catchiest title, but it is an appropriate title because it accurately reflects what this book is about. Fordlandia is the name given to a large parcel of land in Brazil...

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Review of Blindsight

2009-11-07T15:02:18-06:00

When I first read about this documentary, I thought it was about the story of Eric Weihenmayer, who became the first blind person to scale Mt Everest. If you look at the image used to promote the...

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Why Planes Crash (a clip from the MSNBC documentary)

2009-11-02T22:45:45-06:00

If you haven't had a chance to see the MSNBC documentary Why Planes Crash: Brace for Impact, here's a very good clip about the ALM ditching.

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November view from the cockpit (Windows 7 theme)

2009-10-31T12:10:51-05:00

This month I am offering my first Windows 7 theme consisting of eight of the very best images from my collection. This theme is called cloudscape. To use this theme on you're Windows 7 computer, just...

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My take on the Northwest 188 incident

2009-10-29T21:00:37-05:00

I'll say up front that I in no way take what happened aboard Northwest 188 lightly. The pilots made a very serious mistake that can't be explained away. At the same time, they made a mistake. People...

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Review of American Violet

2009-10-29T16:58:59-05:00

I am drawn to stories of injustice, especially those dealing with wrongful conviction. This story is about prosecutorial misconduct with an underlying theme of racism. The case in question here deals...

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Review of Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

2009-10-24T12:29:48-05:00

I was seventeen when Patty Hearst was kidnapped. It was a sensational story that I followed like everyone else in the country. But my parents weren't readers and neither was I at the time. So my...

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Review of Look me in the eye by John Elder Robinson

2009-10-21T21:06:08-05:00

This book is a memoir written by the brother of the author of Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs. Unlike most people who have read Look me in the eye, I have not read Augusten's book, though I...

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Where The Wild (Weird) Things Are

2009-10-21T20:19:16-05:00

I've been duped before by movie critics who apparently have never read the children's story The Emperor's New Clothes. So let me be the first to say it: the emperor is naked. He's not wearing a...

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Review of Notorious by George Tillman, Jr.

2009-10-16T17:13:41-05:00

I'm not a fan of RAP or Hip Hop. Every now and then I'll hear something I like. For the most part, though, I'm a smooth jazz and country fan. I'm also a fan of good stories, and this story of the...

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Review of Touching The Void

2009-10-12T12:13:05-05:00

Touching the Void tells the true story of two climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, who set out to climb one of the highest mountain peaks in Peru -- the Siula Grande. The documentary is based on...

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October view from the cockpit

2009-10-10T16:52:21-05:00

Life has kept me away from the cockpit temporarily, so I've had to go into my archive to find an imge for this month. This is a pictue of my comunity. I'll give away an autographed copy of 35 Miles...

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If I knew then

2009-09-13T12:34:55-05:00

If you could travel back in time and meet yourself as a teenager, what three things would you tell yourself? Submitted by Digital Scrapbooking. 1. You have to approach the girl. Don't wait for her to...

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Review of Horse Soldiers

2009-09-08T21:17:13-05:00

The story told in the book Horse Soldiers is a modern day western. Not only do we have American special force soldiers riding into battle atop horses alongside Afghan fighters, the story has many of...

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