Books & Appears to be like: Actual Books for Actual Readers was began as a literary podcast to complement Blaine Desantis’ web site, ViewsOnBooks.com, and develop into audio and video interviews with authors.
With Books & Appears to be like, Blaine’s objective is to concentrate on actual books that actual individuals will learn. Not less than half of the books he opinions are both new authors or unknown authors that many in most people are unaware of. After a section reviewing books or interviewing authors, Blaine ends every episode with a dialogue of the flicks and TV reveals he’s at present watching.
Be taught extra about Blaine and his podcast at ViewsOnBooks.com.
This Week’s Episode
David Gibbins, famend marine archaeologist and bestselling writer, joins us to debate his newest e-book “A Historical past of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.” With over a dozen novels and quite a few non-fiction works to his credit score, Gibbins brings a singular mix of educational experience and storytelling prowess to this fascinating exploration of maritime historical past.
E-book Highlight: “A Historical past of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks”
This groundbreaking work takes readers on a journey by means of time, utilizing twelve important shipwrecks as home windows into completely different historic durations. From Bronze Age merchants to World Battle II vessels, Gibbins weaves collectively archaeology, historical past, and journey to disclose how these sunken treasures reshape our understanding of the previous.
Mentioned on this Episode:
- The Dover Boat: How a Bronze Age vessel sheds gentle on early maritime commerce and the interconnectedness of historic cultures
- The hyperlink between shipwrecks and literary classics: Connecting archaeological finds to texts just like the Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s Iliad
- Roman-era shipwrecks: Insights into the huge commerce networks and day by day life through the peak of the Roman Empire
- Emperor Justinian’s “prefab church buildings”: The fascinating discovery of flat-packed marble church buildings shipped throughout the Mediterranean
- The maritime Silk Street: Proof of sea-based commerce routes predating the extra well-known land routes
- The Mary Rose: How underwater archaeology solved the thriller of King Henry VIII’s flagship’s sinking
- HMS Terror: The continued investigation of Franklin’s misplaced Arctic expedition and its connection to trendy underwater exploration methods
Hyperlinks:
Take heed to the newest episode of Books & Appears to be like:
About Blaine Desantis:
Blaine is an avid lifetime reader, a retired legal professional, and has been a e-book membership chief for the previous seven years. He’s an lively trainer in senior training lessons at Furman College. Blaine loves fiction, nonfiction, histories, mysteries and virtually all genres of books.