Joe Pace
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #19: Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
I'm not entirely sure how to categorize Mary Roach. She's sort of a comedic travel writer, but instead of taking us to places, she takes...
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Joe Pace
Jan 18, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #18: The Making of the President 1960
As a teenager and young man, I had the healthy interest in Camelot and the Kennedy mystique not uncommon to politically engaged and...
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Joe Pace
Jan 17, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #17: Medieval Folklore
A few years back I tried my hand at writing a heroic epic set in the time of Charlemagne. It was intended to be historic fiction with...
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Joe Pace
Jan 16, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #16: How the States Got Their Shapes
A bit of a follow-up to yesterday's entry, this book is full of more word candy for American geography fans. Why are the state boundaries...
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Joe Pace
Jan 15, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #15: Lost States
Given sufficient time, and perhaps a map, most of us could name and locate all fifty of the current states of the union. This...
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Joe Pace
Jan 14, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #14: John Marshall, Definer of a Nation
My fascination with American leadership extends beyond presidents to include the supporting cast of extraordinary people who have played...
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Joe Pace
Jan 13, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #13: The 50 Greatest Players in New England Patriots History
In honor of what this afternoon could very well be the last stand of the most dominant sustained dynasty ever in pro football, we take a...
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Joe Pace
Jan 12, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #12: Fart Proudly
Ben Franklin. America's answer to Leonardo Da Vinci. Patriot and paramour, he managed to stay abreast of both politics and fashion during...
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Joe Pace
Jan 11, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #11: Hiroshima
I was young when I first read John Hersey's recounting of humanity's first encounter with the horrific consequences of atomic weaponry. I...
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Joe Pace
Jan 10, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #10: The Bounty
The most famous of all maritime mutinies is a true story, though we've become accustomed to the fictionalizations of the event. Nordhoff...
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Joe Pace
Jan 9, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #9: New Zealand Travel Atlas
Sometimes you love a book not because of its content but because of the physical object itself. This beat-up wire-bound book of maps made...
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Joe Pace
Jan 8, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #8: Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
As a student of history, I'm interested in most time periods. I've never really studied military history, so I can't go toe-to-toe with...
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