Birthday Books and Reading List 2

I received a gift certificate for books for my birthday. I was supposed to buy e-books but my reading tastes haven't reached the e book revolution yet so I instead bought books at 80% off in the history section which is my usual reading habit along with science. This list also includes the four books my husband bought :) which I will also read. I still have 20 books to read from my earlier reading list but next winter will give me lots of time to do that inbetween doing genealogy. I also read eight of John Grisham's books when I needed some light reading as I was away from our normal occupations! I will list them one of these days but will not do a book report. They were certainly interesting books but I didn't read them to glean information for my genealogical studies or for my interest in science (having graduated 44 years ago in science, I have managed through the years to stay fluent to a certain extent in my field although the science reading now tends to be about the "masters" of the New Scientific Age unless it is about DNA in which case I connect that to genealogy anyway.

1. Freemasonary: Its History and Myths Revealed, Moran, Giles, published by Indigo Books in 2011, Toronto, ISBN 978-1-5526-7668-4, 192 pages, illustrated.
2. The Story of Physics: From natural philosophy to the enigma of dark matter, Rooney, Anne, published by Arcturus Publishing Limited, Bermondsey, London, ISBN 978-1-84837-769-1, 208 pages, illustrated.
3. The War Scientists: The brains behind military technologies of destruction and defense, Craughwell, Thomas J, Published by Murdoch Books Printing Limited, in 2010, ISBN 978-1-74266-567-2, 303 pages, illustrated.
4. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain: A magnificient study of Britain's Royal Heritage with a Directory of Royalty and over 120 of the most important historic buildings, Phillips, Charles, Published by Hermes House, Leicestershire in 2011, ISBN 978-0-85723-678-4, 512 pages, illustrated.
5. My Years as Prime Minister, Chrétien, Jean, Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada in 2007, ISBN 978-0-676-97900-8, 435 pages, illustrated.
6. To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR's Men in Churchill's London, 1941, Parrish, Thomas, Published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-135793-0, 324 pages, illustrated.
7. The Illustrous Dead: The terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army, Talty, Stephan, Published by Crown Publishers, in 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-39404-0, 315 pages.
8. Lavoisier in the Year One: The birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution, Bell, Madison Smartt, Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc, New York, ISBN 0-393-05155-2, 214 pages.