Mormonism: A Latter Day Deception is a riveting, often hilarious account of how a sincere believer was disabused of his confidence in the Mormon revelation. The author joined the Mormon Church in 1980. He entered the Temple a Mormon, but left it a non-Mormon. Mormonism: A Latter Day Deception presents a rare, detailed eyewitness account [...]
Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided America Book Review : A great narrative history Green offers a narrative history of Chicago’s Haymarket bombing in 1886, the infamous trial that followed, and the hanging of subsequently determined innocent men. Chicago was then at the heart [...]
Matt Peacock’s book, Killer Company, tells a chilling story about asbestos and a company that amassed a fortune on the backs of workers and their families who suffered. It’s a company that kept the truth from those working in shocking conditions, many of whom succumbed to fatal diseases such as asbestosis and mesothelioma. Book Description [...]
Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage Reading Hubbert’s Peak is the intellectual equivalent of bungee jumping, being simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. Geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticised by oil experts and economists, Hubbert’s prediction came true in [...]
