Very interesting to see that empire building wasn't just a problem for the Spanish but also for the Incas. I guess the problem was really for those around them.
Reviews and Comments
I like to read from time to time.
This link opens in a pop-up window
RHoltslander rated All new square foot gardening: 4 stars
RHoltslander rated Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution: 4 stars
RHoltslander rated The Tipping Point: 4 stars
RHoltslander reviewed The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
Review of 'The Last Days of the Incas' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
RHoltslander rated Your inner fish: 4 stars
Your inner fish by Neil Shubin
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of …
RHoltslander reviewed The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Review of 'The Mother Tongue' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Bryson is amusing as always.
RHoltslander rated Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: 4 stars
RHoltslander rated I Am America (And So Can You!): 3 stars
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
From the host of television's comedy-punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of …
RHoltslander rated The Lost Continent: 4 stars
RHoltslander rated Made in America: 4 stars
Made in America by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost …
RHoltslander reviewed Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson
Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he …
Review of 'Notes from a small island' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Quite amusing.
RHoltslander rated The Shock Doctrine: 4 stars
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past …
Avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult - and …
Review of "The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Funny and heartwarming and thought provoking.
RHoltslander rated Freakonomics: 3 stars
Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What …