Category: Book Reviews

MINI RECENZIE A CĂRŢII TEAM OF RIVALS. THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN [ECHIPA DE RIVALI. GENIUL POLITIC AL LUI ABRAHAM LINCOLN], scrisă de Doris Kearns Goodwin, şi publicată în anul 2006 de editura Penguin Books.

Mini recenzie – varianta sonora Veche, dar bună, dacă un produs al anului 2006 poate fi considerat vechi, cartea scriitoarei Doris Kearns Goodwin a câştigat premiul Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, premiul Societăţii pentru Istorie din New York şi a fost una dintre finalistele pentru premiul Cercului Naţional al Criticilor de Carte şi pentru cel al…

22 November 2025
BOOK REPORT: TEAM OF RIVALS. THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Penguin Books, 2006)

Oldie but goldie, if 2006 may be seen as “oldie,” Goodwin’s book won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, the New-York Historical Society’s Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A 1510 pages book, Team of Rivals has an Introduction, two parts (Part 1:…

22 November 2025
They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty – recenzie de carte

Carte recenzată: John G. Turner: They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and The Contest for American Liberty, Yale University Press, 2020. 464 pp, $15.74. Kindle version. O carte publicată în anul 2020, scrisă de John G. Turner, Profesor de Studii Religioase la Universitatea Mason din Fairfax, Virginia, autor al The Mormon Jesus: A Biography…

25 June 2024
They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and The Contest for American Liberty – Book Review

Book Reviewed: John G. Turner: They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and The Contest for American Liberty, Yale University Press, 2020. 464 pp, $15.74. Kindle version. A book published in 2020 by John G. Turner, Chair Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, author of The Mormon Jesus: A Biography…

25 June 2024
Istoria ca poveste: Life of a Klansman (2020) – Recenzie de carte

Titlu complet: Istoria ca poveste, istoria ca poveste a mea/ a familiei mele: Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy (2020) – Recenzie de carte Carte recenzată: Edward Ball: Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 4, 2020, 416 pp, Kindle version, $13.64 [Viaţa…

24 September 2023
History as Story, History as My (Family’s) Story: Life of a Klansman(2020) – Book Review

Full title: History as Story, History as My (Family’s) Story: Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy (2020) – Book Review Book Reviewed: Edward Ball: Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 4, 2020, 416 pp, Kindle version, $13.64 Life of a Klansman: A…

24 September 2023