Nonfiction
James Parsons Jr
James Parsons Jr. (1900 -1989) – Iron alloy ORDER HERE In the vast and often overlooked world of industrial innovation, certain individuals shape the future not through fanfare or celebrity, but through the relentless pursuit of improvement. These are the inventors whose hands never rested, whose minds wove new possibilities from raw materials, transforming entire industries in the process. Among them stands James Parsons Jr. (1900–1989), a metallurgist and inventor whose work quietly laid important groundwork for the development of stainless steel—one of the most essential materials in modern technology, construction, and manufacturing.
By TREYTON SCOTT27 days ago in BookClub
Small Print
I don’t care much for alarmist claims, especially when they concern the right and wrong ways to enjoy culture, but it’s hard to deny a shift hasn’t occurred. The “Post-Literate” world seems to be one where text, as a source of information and entertainment, has been overtaken by audiovisual media; podcasts, videos, streams, VoD, and TikToks.
By Conor Matthews29 days ago in BookClub
Unhinged Healing - Raw Poetry For The Abused
The book that was never meant to be. In a moment of discontentment and boredom, I began to gather my poetry that was scattered across writing platforms, old journals, and forgotten documents on my Google Drive to bring some sort of organization to my writing portfolio. I realized I had a lot more poems than I thought I did. It was a joke at first. I said to my family, "Man. I didn't realize I had this many poems written. I could make a book of them." When my husband suggested actually making a poetry book to add to my portfolio with them, I almost automatically responded with: "Because I am no Poe or Emily Dickinson. No one wants to read my trash poems."
By Hope Martinabout a month ago in BookClub
Michael Croslin
By LEAVIE SCOTT In the mid‑1970s, when hospital corridors thrummed with the hum of ventilators and rolling carts, and when the rhythm of care still leaned heavily on the instincts of nurses and physicians, a quiet revolution began to take shape at the bedside. It did not arrive with the drama of a breakthrough surgery or a headline‑grabbing drug. Instead, it came in the form of a compact, box‑shaped instrument that sat unobtrusively beside patients, its small display flickering with numbers that would soon alter the course of modern medical practice.
By TREYTON SCOTTabout a month ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The First Call was Mine by Kay Blake
Kay Blake's memoir has everything that I like about a real life recount. It has the confrontation of the past and the troubles that the person has faced; it has candour in its examination of the experiences and the resolutions reached, if that applies; it has humour, recognition, a humbleness to it and an appreciation of where that person is now and a true acknowledgement of the things that shaped them.
By Rachel Deemingabout a month ago in BookClub
Granville T. Woods
In the late 19th century, when America was racing toward industrial expansion and the nation’s railways pulsed with unprecedented energy, one inventor stood out for transforming how people communicated, traveled, and understood technology. His name was Granville T. Woods, and although history remembers him as “The Black Edison,” his legacy shines brightest when recognized on its own terms: a visionary who reshaped modern communication and transportation through ingenuity, persistence, and unmatched creative intelligence.
By TREYTON SCOTTabout a month ago in BookClub
Rise of Sarah Breedlove Walker
The Extraordinary Rise of Sarah Breedlove Walker: The Woman Who Turned Innovation Into Empowerment Sarah Breedlove Walker’s life began in the most unlikely of places for a future titan of industry — on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, to parents who had been enslaved only a few years before her birth. Orphaned by age seven and working as a washerwoman by the time she was a young teenager, Sarah’s early life was defined by hardship. But woven through those struggles was a relentless determination that would eventually carry her into the center of one of the most remarkable success stories in American history.
By TREYTON SCOTTabout a month ago in BookClub
