Summary This summary has been generated by Microsoft’s Copilot. The Windows Screenreader Primer: All the Basics and More is a comprehensive guide for beginners and intermediate users of screen readers like JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator. Authored by David Kingsbury, an Assistive Technology Instructor at the Carroll Center for the Blind, the book provides step-by-step… Continue reading Reviewing The Windows Screenreader Primer
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Reviewing of Mikes and Men
For 33 years, Pete Van Wiern was one of the voices of the Atlanta Braves. Of Mikes and Men is Pete’s book about his more than four decades as a sports broadcaster. Since most of his career was spent announcing Braves games, most of his book is about the Braves. So, I really enjoyed of… Continue reading Reviewing of Mikes and Men
Reviewing Atomic Days
Joshua Frank’s Atomic Days: the Untold story of the most toxic place in America describes the history of and the ongoing efforts to clean up the Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. As someone who had never heard of Hanford until a few years ago, I think the history of Hanford and what… Continue reading Reviewing Atomic Days
Reviewing Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz’s Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War is one of the most important books on history I have ever read.
Reviewing Luckiest Man
Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man is a biography of Lou Gehrig. What makes Eig’s biography of Gehrig different from the other books about him I have read is Eig’s decision to spend a lot of pages on Gehrig’s battle with ALS (the Disease that took his life and has become forever linked to him).
Reviewing Willie Wells El Diablo of the Negro Leagues
Luke Bob’s Willie Wells: “El Diablo” of the Negro Leagues is a biography of former Negro Leagues player and member of the baseball hall of fame Willie Wells. As always, reading about the great players from the Negro Leagues left me feeling a mix of outrage and disappointment. The idea that those incredible ballplayers were… Continue reading Reviewing Willie Wells El Diablo of the Negro Leagues
Reviewing The Devil’s Chessboard
David Talbot’s The Devil’s Chessboard: The CIA, and The Rise of America’s Secret Government is in some ways predictable and infuriating for those of us who know the truth about America. As you will see, reading it did change my perspective on one of the most consequential events in American history. That alone made the… Continue reading Reviewing The Devil’s Chessboard
Reviewing Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain: the secret history of the Sackler dynasty is one of the most upsetting, important books I have ever read. If you want to learn how America’s opioid crisis began and you aren’t afraid to be horrified by the corruption and dysfunction in American government, Empire of Pain is a… Continue reading Reviewing Empire of Pain
Reviewing the Cup of Coffee Club
Jacob Kornhauser’s The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 players and their brush with baseball history is another light read that fit with my peek interest in this year’s baseball playoffs. In the book, Kornhauser introduces us to and takes us through the experiences of 11 men who managed to play in just one major league… Continue reading Reviewing the Cup of Coffee Club
Reviewing Presumed Guilty
Erwin Chemerinsky’s Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights is an important and upsetting read. Chemerinsky, a constitutional lawyer and professor, walks us through decades of shockingly bad sometimes overtly racist rulings made by the Supreme Court that have served to help create our current police state.