Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet by Fritz Redlich, M.D. Recommended. In Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, psychiatrist Fritz Redlich, a Jewish contemporary, attempts to determine how physical ailments and mental disorders may have affected and influenced the Nazi leader. This type … Continue reading →
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. Highly recommended. “There was a house made of dawn,” and N. Scott Momaday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel begins with his Tano protagonist, Abel, “alone and running,” yet “he seemed almost to be standing still, very … Continue reading →
Hungry for the World: A Memoir by Kim Barnes. New York: Anchor Books. 2001. 256 pages. It takes a certain amount of ego to write a memoir, especially if your life hasn’t been influential or extraordinary. Kim Barnes may have … Continue reading →
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages by Hella Haasse. Highly recommended. This historical novel has its own interesting history. It was written by a Dutch author virtually unknown in the United States, then an English translation was … Continue reading →
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence. Highly recommended. The most well-drawn character in this novel is not Lady Chatterley (Connie, an INFP personality type), her lover Mellors, her husband Clifford, Clifford’s nurse, or any human. It is Clifford’s hometown Tevershall … Continue reading →
Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. New York: The Penguin Group, 1998. 380 pages. Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley picks up where The Forest House ended. Avalon has been established under the leadership of high priestess Caillean in the shadow of … Continue reading →
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen. Highly recommended. Sociology professor James Loewen wonders why American history is, for many high school students, their most hated and least memorable subject. After all, given … Continue reading →
Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Recommended. Lieutenant Hornblower, set in the early 1800s during the Napoleonic Wars, is the second book chronologically in the 11-part Horatio Hornblower series. Forester is a master of combining exciting plots, recognizable characters, realistic naval and period information, … Continue reading →
Life in a Medieval Village by Frances and Joseph Gies. Recommended. Life in a Medieval Village is one of a series, including Life in a Medieval City and Life in a Medieval Castle, written by Frances and Joseph Gies. This series rarely touches upon the great … Continue reading →
Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell. Foreword by Jenny Uglow. Highly recommended. The well-educated wife of a Unitarian minister in Victorian Manchester, Elizabeth Gaskell must have understood the dangers of misused Christianity and religious intolerance in a closed community. In Lois the Witch, … Continue reading →