Alix Christie’s "GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE"
The public sale of the mechanically printed Bible and its positive reception was the outcome of many years of experimentation, hard work, political intrigue, religious subversion, even imprisonment.
Janna Levin's "BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS FROM OUTER SPACE"
Science can be a noble pursuit but the humans who “do” science are subject to the same hopes, fears, and dreams as the rest of us. Understanding something about how this is all done is one more step in understanding what separates humans from other life forms.
Shelby Foote's “THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE, VOLUME II, FREDERICKSBURG TO MERIDIAN”
One of the people I would like to meet in heaven and have a beer with is author Shelby Foote.