Overall this was an interesting collection of essays. I don't have much interest in real crime books these days, so it was neither here nor there for me. However, the reader was excellent and it held my interest throughout, so I would consider it worth reading if one does pursue non-fiction based...
I picked up this book because of the film that will be made about it and I did not regret it. This was a really interesting take on the famed British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett. The story is written from writer David Grann's perspective in an expose fashion. Grann goes into a lot of detail about...
This book is awesome in every way. A thrilling collection of articles, captures everything wonderful about good journalism.
The hole, surrounded by a tall aluminum fence, was thirty feet wide and reinforced with concrete. A priest had visited months before, to offer a brief prayer: “May God be with all ye who enter here, that the earth shall return ye safely.” Now, as the sun rose, the men stepped from the snow-covere...
I said to my wife, pointing at a satellite image of the Amazon on my computer screen. “That’s where I’m going.” The image revealed the cracks in the earth where the massive river and its tributaries had ruthlessly carved the land. Later, I was able to show her the coordinates more clearly using G...