Reviews and Comments

What an extremely detailed and well-written account of a very sad time in American history. I very much agree with Mr. Sides, that Dr. Martin Luther King could have done far more to better the world if he was able to live out his natural life. As flawed as he was in his personal life (aren't all humans at least a little flawed), he had the vision of a better world without violence and hatred. We need more human beings like him!

Depressing and engaging at the same time. The book reads like a dystopian novel, except that it is non-fiction. I'm a an optimist and believer that the majority of the people in the world are good. How anyone can treat another living thing, let alone a human, like the Nazi's did, just baffles me. What baffles me more, is that there wasn't just a couple of Nazi's. Somehow there were enough people without empathy or compassion for other living beings to run all of these concentration camps. What is even scarier is that there are still people in the world to this day that are still spreading antisemitism and hate. It is very important that everyone remembers this history and ensures that it doesn't happen again!

Slow at times, but otherwise interesting and enjoyable. For most of the book you wonder what Marconi and Crippen have in common other than the time period.

Very thought-provoking and interesting read. Something I wish I could have read when I was a teenager or even college student and had no idea where I was going or what I was going to do with my life. Aligning your goals with your values seems to obvious. But, as she discusses, it can also be hard when conflicts arise.

Very interesting story of the multiple motivations and perspectives that led to the Lusitania disaster.

A good, light, easy to read murder mystery.

Wonderful, insightful writing on a depressing, yet important topic. My favorite part of the book was the "Blood" section of the "Interlude".

It was ok. There were interesting parts. I like reading about other cultures and how they handle what seems like impossible circumstances. But I can't say I like Marjane as portrayed in the book.

Interesting book that I hope will make people re-think the relationships between humans and animals. As the author puts it, animals are not mindless "automatons" put on earth for human exploitation.

Alex's personality traits were very entertaining, especially when he would get frustrated with what the researchers were trying to teach him and he would go "off script"!

The classic space science fiction read still holds up! Covers hundreds of years of political struggle.