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Joe Pace

Mar 10, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #59: Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

Before the internet, we used to argue about stuff. Who led the American League in home runs in 1965? Who lost the presidential election...

Joe Pace

Mar 9, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #58: My Turn at Bat, The Story of My Life

My first exposure to Ted Williams was as the old guy in the fishing boat selling Nissen bread on Boston TV in the 1980s. Come to find...

Joe Pace

Mar 8, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #57: Charlie Brown ‘Cyclopedia

This set of reference books was my first, and remains deeply important to me. Published in 1980 (which makes them older than my wife),...

Joe Pace

Mar 7, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #56: Joseph Banks, A Life

Imagine Steve Jobs with social skills, or Elon Musk with scientific chops, or Neil deGrasse Tyson with political influence, and you start...

Joe Pace

Mar 6, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #55: Training the Best Dog Ever

Here we go again. I'd write more, but it's a little nuts over here...

Joe Pace

Mar 5, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #54: Presidential Campaigns

Paul Boller's series is a longtime favorite of mine. There's Presidential Anecotes, Congressional Anecdotes, a book on Presidential...

Joe Pace

Mar 4, 2019

Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #53: Successful New Hampshire Men

I'm going to break one of my own rules and include a book I haven't yet read. Coming home yesterday from vacation, among the bills and...

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