Category: Biography & Memoir
Nixonland
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/10/nixonland/
Title: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Author: Rick Pearlstein Summary: Great historical epic. Not jut a fascinating account of the rise of Richard Nixon, but also the best account of the decade of the 1960s. Full of detail...
Escape
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/09/escape/
Title: Escape Author:Carolyn Jessop Summary: When Carolyn was 18, she married Merril Jessop. She was his fourth wife. Fifteen years later, she took her eight children and fled, becoming the first woman to successfully win a custody case against a polygamist husband. In this...
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/05/19/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid/
Title: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Author: Bill Bryson Summary: This book is ideal for any baby boomer who remembers their childhood fondly. No heart-wrenching drama here. The reader needs to have a good sense of humor and delight in the...
The Know-It-All
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/04/30/the-know-it-all/
Title: The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World Author: A.J. Jacobs Summary: The premise of this book is quite simple: Jacobs, then an editor for Esquire, decides to fill the ever-growing gaps in his education by reading the...
The Kid Who Climbed Everest
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2007/12/26/the-kid-who-climbed-everest/
Title: The Kid Who Climbed Everest Author: Bear Grylls Summary: The author of this book, is the subject of the wildly popular Discovery Channel Series entitled “Man vs Wild.” Each week Bear is dropped off by helicopter to a horrifying part of the planet from...
The Diana Chronicles
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2007/12/26/the-diana-chronicles/
Title: The Diana Chronicles Author: Tina Brown Summary: This book has been out for a while but I knew I was going to save it for holiday time when I could sit back and relish all the lunacy of the Royals. Don’t get me...