Command Influence is the memoirs of Robert A. Shaines, mostly covering the years he was a JAG officer in the Air Force. He shares his experiences in the Air Force and Korea; however, his main focus is on the trial of George C. Schreiber. Shaines...

"Devil Dogs and Banana Slugs" by Will Selling was quite interesting to read. Selling is a Desert Storm Vet and this is the story of his experiences with both the military and at university and his conflict between the two and finding the balance. It...

Hida Jessie Piersma has written an interesting memoir of her life in Uganda under the reign of dictator Idi Amin. Ms. Piersma describes a deprived and uncultured upbringing, in which multiple wives, dying children, primitive health care and poverty all played a basic role in...

Recently, many discontented citizens have decided to take a stand. They are tired of listening to politicians who lie, side step and twist facts; tired of big government and the government spending their money. Dr. B. Leland Baker explains the goal of Tea Party. The Tea...

Author Haile Gebre Egziabher bases his book "Dream for World Unity" on Christian principles. He clearly defines the virtues needed to achieve the future ,as he envisions. More than half of this book is devoted to moral standards. I agree with the author ,we must...

To every action there is a reaction. It is cause and effect. Gas prices go up, and up and up. It affects many aspects of our world. It affects how we live. Gas prices affect whether we travel which affects...

The Clinton Diaries is probably the most honest account ever existing. I came away from this book with a different opinion of Bill Clinton. I still do not agree with his political values or his morals but I can now see him as a flawed...

Peter Nennhaus successfully transports the reader to Berlin before and during WWII. It was a time of political turmoil, expectation, and horror. The reader watches as Stalin’s tyranny oppresses the people. They witness Germany’s resistance against the Soviet Union. Nennhaus allows readers to experience the...

Dean Kilmer calls for Americans to live lives of integrity. The definition of integrity is : adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty (dictionary.com). Kilmer states, “Families with changing values have replaced the traditional families of the 1920s.” We are a greedy...

In 1980, The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the Olympic Games to be held in Moscow. Boycott is a look at the ramifications of that decision. The U.S. Olympic athletes were forced to sacrifice their dreams for their country;...