One summer, my mother took us to Florida to visit my grandparents and my father stayed home to work. To offset the stress, he exercised. His usual M.O. was to jog until he was exhausted, drink a beer to "recalcitrate" (not a medical term although he used it that way), then swim laps in the …
Continue reading 365 Books: Twelve Days of Terror by Richard G. Fernicola, M.D.
Perhaps you've heard of this fire - if you live in NYC or you follow labor history, you've probably heard of it. Or if you've seen the movie, possibly in high school... The Triangle Fire was a sweatshop fire that occurred in 1911 and killed almost 146 young women, who worked there. The young women, …
Subtitle: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 What a subtitle, right? That alone made me want to read this book. I was visiting a bookstore in Boston and the manager recommended this book. I'm a sucker for a great recommendation and met some of my favorite books that way. You want a great book, …
The first bookstore I worked for had a distinctive personality: an older B. Dalton (remember them?) in Greenwich Village NYC, open daily until midnight, it attracted students and faculty from NYU, people who lived in the bohemian West Village, and bold personalities from all over the village and alphabet city. The store was slightly run-down …
Continue reading 365 Books: Acid Dreams by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain
What do you do when the facts of history conflicts with beliefs about history? How do you reset understanding to reflect what actually happened? Sometimes what we believe happened takes a spot in our heart - it could be a warm spot or a spot of anger - and you become fixed on that understanding. …
Continue reading 365 Books: A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
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