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<![CDATA[Ron added 'The Mulberry Empire: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46639720
to: The Mulberry Empire: A Novel (Paperback)byPhilip Hensher bookshelves: fiction,
history
A dark look at the first British foray into Afghanistan and its horrible aftermath. Encourages reading further about the history of incursions into the region.
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74850362
to: The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America (Paperback)bySteven Johnson bookshelves: history,
technology
Joseph Priestly was a personal friend of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. He attended Franklin's meetings of "The Honest Whigs" in 1700s in London. The author details how Priestly's faith, inquisitiveness and positive attitude helped him influence his contemporaries in ways that were quite modern. As an independent consultant to newly formed companies in England he helped developing industrial technologies. As an outspoken founder of the Unitarian church, he published "Corruptions of Christianity" and incited mobs to burn down his home, making him emigrate to the US. There, he was nearly deported by John Adams under the controversial Aliens and Sedition act. As is pointed out in the endpaper, 10 years after his death Priestly was mentioned more times than George Washington or Benjamin Franklin in the final, spectacular exchange of letters between Adams and Jefferson. An easy read of moderate depth which encourages further research into the life and times of the principals.
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75517551
The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive (Paperback)
byJohn Graham-Cumming bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'The Windup Girl']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73570994
The Windup Girl (Hardcover)
byPaolo Bacigalupi bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'Boneshaker']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73570960
Boneshaker (Paperback)
byCherie Priest bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'Bloody Good']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72549860
Bloody Good (Mass Market Paperback)
byGeorgia Evans bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'Lucy's Blade']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71800019
Lucy's Blade (Hardcover)
byJohn Lambshead bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Ron added 'Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70123929
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam (Hardcover)
byPope Brock bookshelves: to-read
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