No, not the new movie but the original book is part of the Project Gutenberg library. You can download the book for free.

Bryson’s book A Short History of Nearly Everything is an great read for people who are interested in Science. It describes in easy to understand terms what the current thinking is in the various sciences including Biology, Geology, Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry. It reads differently from your science text book in a number of ways. ...

I just finished Semper Mars by Ian Douglas. It is set a generation in the future. In this version of the future America and its allies (Russia and the UK) have pursued policies that increasingly put them at odds with the rest of the world. The US was quit the UN and kicked them out ...

I just finished reading Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes, the sequel to Under The Tuscan Sun . In enjoyed both books but I find describing them to be somewhat more problematic. They read like a love letter to Italy. The books is composed of a series of stories of travel in Italy, home remodeling, and ...

I just finished reading the book “The Ten Thousand ” by Michael Curtis Ford. If you enjoyed Gates of Fire which I previously reviewed , you will enjoy this book. It is set in ancient Greece at the close of Athens golden age. It is based on the true story of Xenophon, an Athenian, student ...

The book Sharpe’s Rifles is the beginning of a rather large series of wonderful books by Bernard Cornwall. I say it is the first book, but as Bernard continues to write prequels it becomes somewhat more confusing which book to recommend to read first. Sharpe is a British lieutenant who rises from the ranks because ...

I got hooked on the Horatio Hornblower series after watching the wonderful movies on the books done by A&E. A wonderful series of books about the exploits of a mythical English sea captain in the time of Napoleon. If you liked Master and Commander , you will love Horatio Hornblower.

I have not read the book Yiddish with Dick and Jane, but I have seen the “vidlit“. See this animated and enjoyable introduction to the book and to Yiddish.

I love the feature of Amazon where it recommends books that i might be interested in based on what I have ordered before but I had to laugh out loud when I got this email: Dear Amazon.com Customer, As someone who has purchased books by J. K. Rowling, you might like to know that Harry ...

This book provides a wonderfully engaging retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae between ancient Greece and the invading Persians. Go back to the days of Greek city states and the last stand of the Spartan King as a small army of 300 Spartan Hoplites and their allies hold up the advance of 100,000 Persians for ...