by T Wilson | Feb 26, 2024 | Senior Book Break
Senior Book Break January 2024 Subject: Engineering Ancient Inventions by Petr James and Nick Thorpe The technological and scientific achievements of humankind prior to the late 15th century. Such as: odometer from China about 300 A.D., snorkel gear as described by...
by T Wilson | Oct 16, 2023 | Senior Book Break
September 12, 2023 Subject: Science Fiction The Steps or The Sun by Walter Tevis The US is still a sovereign country, but everything is owned by the Chinese. The world is running out of Uranium, electricity is rationed, and it is cold. The world’s richest man buys...
by T Wilson | Sep 11, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Senior Book Break August 8, 2023 Subject: A Classic Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, who wrote under the pseudonym Acton Bell Anne was the youngest and least prolific of the Bronte sisters. Much of her work was autobiographical. This novel is about a young woman, age 19,...
by T Wilson | Aug 15, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Senior Book Break July 11, 2023 Subject: An Author New to You Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus A female scientist becomes a hit television cook. A single-minded woman who always tells the truth and cooks using facts from her life with chemistry. Our reader...
by T Wilson | Jul 12, 2023 | Senior Book Break
June 13, 2023 Subject: A book set in the Middle East The Collaborator of Bethlehem and A Grave in Gaza by Matt Beynon Rees These are the first two books of a mystery genre about Omar Yussef, a teacher of history in a school in Bethlehem. He is well thought of but...
