The Memoirs of Cleopatra. Margaret George. 1997. ISBN 978.312187453.  After a very thorough deep dive into history the author penned a fascinating historical novel into Cleopatra. In the authors notes she  points out the facts she turned up and where she had to fill in some gaps with logical extensions.  Even tough you know how the stories of herself, her family, Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony turn out the author really engages the reader in the day by day with moving scenes and poetic language.  All in all a well done effort.

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When. The scientific secrets of perfect timing. Daniel Pink. 2018. ISBN 9781925498189. A concise but wide ranging book.  The author is applying his guru skills to the impact of time on our lives.   From when to make better analytical decisions ( Most of us in the am) through to test scores, how naps work, and more  Pink does a great job in enlightening us to this topic.  We all have better times to start things, needed times for recess , and expected times that we will slump.  He wraps it up by demonstrating how difficult it is to teach an Ai about time. Good read – useful for a short air flight.

The Red Sparrow Trilogy. Jason Matthews 2013 – 2018.  Three titles in this;  Red Sparrow, Palace of Treason, and The Kremlin’s Candidate.  The story line follows the background,  recruitment and handling by  CIA operative Nathaniel Nash of Dominique Ergogan through her almost 20 years  in the Russian equivalent of the CIA.   You will never look at Putin’s statements the same way again nor those of his surrounding people. This could completely reset your views to the CIA and Russia etc.  The author and his wife worked for the CIA for many decades in many cities as well as Washington. I suspect that many of the characters in the stories reflect those they saw in real life.   This much rings true. Great tales which move right along.

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