The Man Who Knew by: Sebastian Mallaby Reviewed by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® Medal Rating: Silver Medal I thought I knew Alan Greenspan. After all, I lived through his entire tenure at the Fed, watched him testify before Congress, and experienced...
When Pride Still Mattered; a Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss Reviewed by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® There is a good reason the Super Bowl trophy is named after Vince Lombardi. His Green Bay Packers were NFL champions in five of his seven seasons as coach,...
Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to father did it seem that they were all alike. That was father’s secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn’t know they were there.
Growing up in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, I knew of Jim Thorpe not as the world’s greatest athlete but as a little town in the next county with a weird name.
At a time when much of the world was either enticed with or entrapped by fascism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer dared to live the morally responsible Christian life to its most expressive, and tragic, end.
Our nation’s history has always captivated me. Who better to describe the American Civil War than the General credited as the victor, written with the assistance of arguably the best author of his day?
Maligned by eight centuries of anti-Mongol propaganda, Genghis Khan created an empire which shaped the modern world. Militarily, he created the cavalry, perfected the art of siege.
Baseball fans, this is a no-brainer read. Anyone interested in the history of modern civil rights movement would also be advised to take a read.As with so many of our heroes, the truth about Henry Aaron’s life is far more interesting.
Motivational, inspirational, spiritual, and historical… Another of my favorite books of the past few years. It is the story about Louie Zamperini, an Olympic runner, WW2 B24 bombardier.