Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

This is historical fiction at its tear-jerking best! This novel by Alan Brennert takes you on a roller coaster ride of varied emotions. It...

Candice Millard brings Theodore Roosevelt's image to a new high level with this non-fiction thriller! After a near miss from an assass...

No flapdoodle here in this spectacular look at President McKinley's assassination with extras! The extras are the story of America...

If you thought the story of the Plantagenets of England was over with Devil's Brood , forget it! Here is a brilliant historical novel ...

I'm starting to love historical non-fiction that reads like a novel! Once again, Erik Larson succeeds where others fail. Educators sho...

This is Candice Millard's stunning look at the assassination of our twentieth President, James Garfield. It's hard to believe that...

Not for nothing, this historical novel by Umberto Eco is 444 pages of unadulterated hatred! It spans approximately 40 years in the late 18...

This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: Erik Larson tells the story of Hitler's rise to power from chancellor to dictator ...

After reading Kraken , I wasn't sure I would read another China Mieville novel, but I'm glad I read this weird fiction detective/...

Horace Greeley's "Go west, young man" takes on a new meaning in James Bradley's eye-opening book. The history, narrated ...