Joe Pace
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #85: Combat, My Years in the US Senate
New Hampshire used to be a Republican state. Reliably red, as was the rest of New England. Even Massachusetts ("where Lodges speak only...
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Joe Pace
Apr 28, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #84: Marvel, The Characters and Their Universe
In a couple of hours I'm heading to soak up the experience of Avengers: Endgame, the capstone of the unprecedented and magnificent...
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Joe Pace
Apr 18, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #83: The History of Iceland
Part of the fun of travel is doing the homework ahead of time. I’ve always tried to cultivate some level of understanding of areas I’m...
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Joe Pace
Apr 17, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #82: American Reformers, 1815-1860
I've made mention before on this list - and will again, with some of the books I've yet to cover - of my fascination with the era of the...
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Joe Pace
Apr 16, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #81: Fatal Shore, the Epic of Australia's Founding
I've never been to Australia. I've spent some weeks in New Zealand, and adore it, but I've never visited big brother down under. One...
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Joe Pace
Apr 15, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #80: Robert's Rules of Order
Back in high school, I had the great opportunity to participate in the YMCA Youth & Government program. More than a mock legislature,...
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Joe Pace
Apr 14, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #79: Walking Across America in My 90th Year
The passing of our friend Mark Connolly has led me to think about some of the people who have made New Hampshire politics such a vibrant...
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Joe Pace
Apr 11, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #78: 1920, The Year of Six Presidents
We’re coming up on 2020, and it’s instructive to consider that years ending in zero have provided some of the most momentous presidential...
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Joe Pace
Apr 10, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #77: Puget's Sound
I'm a New Hampshire guy. I think I probably made that abundantly clear from my Granite State of Mind series a couple of years ago...
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Joe Pace
Apr 9, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #76: 1776
As a quasi-serious historian, I sometimes feel like I should be torn over writers like McCullough and Philbrick. Their work is the USA...
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Joe Pace
Apr 8, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #75: Continental Liar from the State of Maine, James G. Blaine
Federal government in the United States of the 19th century was an overwhelmingly Congressional exercise. Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln...
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Joe Pace
Apr 7, 2019
Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #74: Nudge
It's never been a secret that I'm an incrementalist at heart, that I believe public policy to be an iterative, not revolutionary...
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