A Rare Titanic Family – The Caldwells’ Story of Survival

By Julie Hedgepeth Williams Publisher: NewSouth Books ISBN: 978-1-58838-282-5 Seeing the cover art and title of this book you may be wondering why I am reviewing something that has little to do with aviation. Well… I could say that it was intercontinental jet travel that killed Europe-US sea travel so we owe this to its… Continue reading A Rare Titanic Family – The Caldwells’ Story of Survival

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

By Bill McKibben Publisher: Times Books ISBN: 978-0805090567 Although the recent disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano was not connected to global warming as such, it did demonstrate to all who cared to stop and consider the event just what nature in a bad mood can do to our way of living. Although aviation was… Continue reading Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet