Tag: Nonfiction

  • The Family Medici, by Mary Hollingsworth

    The Family Medici, by Mary Hollingsworth

    A review of a history of the Medici Family, presented in audiobook. It’s an interesting piece of more modern European history that tends to get glossed over while discussing things like the Renaissance, and so this is a fascinating look at the politics behind a lot of the art and architecture of that period.

  • The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

    The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

    This post is about “The Art Thief” by Michael Finkel. It’s a captivating non-fiction book about Stéphane Breitwieser, a notorious art thief. The book offers a compelling narrative of Breitwieser’s life, his charm and irresponsibility, as well as the emotional impact of his actions on the art world.

  • Gulp, by Mary Roach

    Gulp, by Mary Roach

    This is a new direction for my reading this year. I don’t typically read much science. Science Fiction? Sure. But straight up science? Not so much. I have an English Degree. The closest I’ve come to real science is the BIO-101 course I took as junior, and the cadaver still shows up in my nightmares…

  • Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum

    Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum

    I’ve had this book on my to-read list for a while. The timing wasn’t great, as things here in the States are about to get pretty grim for the next four years, but it’s a piece of history I knew very little about. For anyone unfamiliar with this book, it’s the history of what’s known…