Cannonball Read 13

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • Leaderboard
    • The CBR Team
    • Recent Comments
    • CBR Interviews
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • How You Can Donate
    • Book Sale
    • CBR Merchandise
    • Supporters and Friends of CBR
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Follow Us

Open Registration for CBR13 ends Jan. 31! Sign Up Today!

> FAQ Home
> Tag: history

America is our gal!

December 26, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Douglas Wood has created a very idealistic look at America and Americans. What is presented is what we were told this country is about: freedom, differences, agreeing to disagree. There is not even “oh sometimes we disagree so much we decide to kill each other like in the news shows us.” It does mention that we are human and sometimes we make mistakes.  It speaks of the Fourth of July, the Bill of Rights and other things that does make America unique. It does show […]

Filed Under: Children's, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Douglas Wood, Elizabeth Sayles, history, United States

Post by BlackRaven · Genres: Children's, Non-Fiction · Tags: Douglas Wood, Elizabeth Sayles, history, United States ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

There May Be No Supernatural Shenanigans, but That Doesn’t Make the Real History Less Engrossing.

November 28, 2018 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, something shocking occurred when I went to check my credits on Audible. Usually, their recommended section either accidentally recommends books I’ve already read, or throws me some kind of self-help book – which, honestly, they probably inflict these on everybody. But this time they got it right – they gave me a recommendation off their new release list that wasn’t something I was already familiar with. And it turned out to be really damned good! I wasn’t sure of how to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: biography, cbr10bingo, Erebus, history, Michael Palin

Post by LittlePlat · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: biography, cbr10bingo, Erebus, history, Michael Palin ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Everything is awful

November 26, 2018 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

Fresh from finding Dr Livingstone in the Congo, newspaperman Henry Stanley sensed an opportunity and so, in 1877, returned to the Congo to travel through its interior and map its giant river. Despite the mouth to the river having been discovered by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century, until then no outsiders had ever attempted to travel further than the coast. Following the initial routes laid out by the slavers who virtually decimated its coastal communities, Stanley accomplished his mission, opening the interior up to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Africa, history, politics, Tim butcher, travel

Post by TheShitWizard · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Africa, history, politics, Tim butcher, travel ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Who What When Where Why and How…..

November 6, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who Was Mark Twain? He was an author, adventurer, tall-tale maker and the subject of this book by April Jones Prince. There are several different people in the Who Was/Who Is series. I read Mark Twain and Who Was Joan of Arc by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso last night. While each has its own author(s) each are illustrated by a different artist (John O’Brien and Andrew Thomson respectively). They are a non-fiction story about their subject. You can have everyone from Joan of Arc […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1422-1461, 19th century, Andrew Thomson, April Jones Prince, Biography & Autobiography, Charles VII, history, Joan of Arc, John O'Brien, Mark Twain, Medieval (500-1453), Meg Belviso l, Pam Pollack, political, religious

Post by BlackRaven · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1422-1461, 19th century, Andrew Thomson, April Jones Prince, Biography & Autobiography, Charles VII, history, Joan of Arc, John O'Brien, Mark Twain, Medieval (500-1453), Meg Belviso l, Pam Pollack, political, religious ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Stripping away the air of glamour to reveal gangsters who were actually pretty crap at robbing banks

October 8, 2018 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Go Down Together was bought immediately after I read and loved Jeff Guinn’s The Road to Jonestown, and was no disappointment. Prior to reading this, I knew the very basics about the pair – Depression era gangsters and snappy dressers, who went down together in a hail of bullets. After reading this, I feel I know the pair rather intimately – and was rather surprised to have some of the more popular myths about them demolished. Both hailing from incredibly poverty stricken backgrounds – the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: gangsters, history, jeff guinn, Non-Fiction, true crime

Post by TheShitWizard · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: gangsters, history, jeff guinn, Non-Fiction, true crime ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Emmalita on Alright, alright, alright…You're back!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!! I appreciate that McConaughey is up front about how he managed his image and career. I might even tolerate him as the...
  • narfna on Commencing the Great Cosmere Re-read.One of these days I'm going to have to see if I can sit down and watch some of his lectures now that he's online....
  • sabian30 on Commencing the Great Cosmere Re-read.I'm reading this now after watching his class at BYU. I'd never read any of his stuff, but he seems an interesting fellow (gamer nerd...
  • andtheIToldYouSos on …but the past ain’t through with you.I can't wait for you to read The Searcher!
  • TylerDFC on …but the past ain’t through with you.I keep waiting for her spell to break, but I have yet to give one of her books less than five stars. "The Likeness" flat...
See More Recent Comments »

Want to Help Out?

CBR has a great crew of volunteers, and we're always looking for more people to help out. If you have a specialty or are willing to learn, drop MsWas a line.

  • How You Can Donate
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo
  3. Google Pay
© 2021 Cannonball Read | Log in