Friday, May 15, 2020

Quarantine Edition Part 9:

Doctor Who Classics Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Pat Mills , John Wagner, Grant Morrison, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse, Dave Gibbons, John Ridgway, Paul Neary
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture 360 pages
A collection of Doctor Who stories.  Most are from the 4th Doctor.

The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner
Non-Fiction: History, Religion, E-book
Amazingly the Branch Davidians weren't the first group of Americans who's leader thought that he was Cyrus from the Bible and used the Hebrew version of the name.  This book is about a group from the era when many new religions were starting in America. (The leader was related by marriage to Joseph Smith the founder of Mormonism.) His name was Cyrus Teed and the group were called Koreshans.  This book covers the whole time of the group and after effects.  It starts with the beginnings of the group's ideas when Cyrus worked as a "doctor" who used the positive power of the brain to treat people.  We learn about his idea that we were living on the inside of the earth and what we saw as space was the middle of the planet, his thoughts on marriage, and his beliefs on becoming immortal.  It then goes over how his group grew and the problems that they faced.  They moved down to Florida to start their own Utopian community. And had new problems as well as new successes.   It includes the aftermath of the death of the leader.  How the group slowly died (both by people leaving, and because as they were a celibate group without recruiting new members, they got old and died with no replacement members.)  It also talks about what happened to their land and artifacts after the group was gone.

The History of Cuba in 50 Events by Henry Freeman
Non-Fiction: History, E-book
50 events starting with the earliest inhabitants of the island to modern times.

Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End by Stephan Weaver
Non-fiction: History, E-book
A short history of the Cuban Missile Crisis including info on the main world leaders involved and possible outcomes each would have been worried about.

Battle of Waterloo: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A detailed description of what happened during the battle as well as the main events leading up to it as well as the aftermath.

The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
Non-Fiction: History, YA, 288 pages
This book goes from the events of the day of the murders through the trails and includes info on the rest of Lizzie's life.  It is amazing the number of things that were lost from such a famous case, not to mention the number of things done that we would now see as corrupting evidence and bad police work.

 Siege of Yorktown: The Last Major Land Battle of the American Revolutionary War by Henry Freeman
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A quick read on what happened at the siege of Yorktown.






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