Written in a conversational style, like listening to the friend who starts stories in the middle, this memoir is of the year Lorene and her family shared their home with her 100 year old grandmother, so they could help her as she came to the end of her life. The story wraps the reader in […]
It is a mystery to me that the author, who is celebrating her survival into her 40’s despite bad decisions that could have led to her drowning twice, strangulation by a stranger, deathly childhood illness, car accidents, robbery with deadly weapons and more, has titled her book with a quote from Sylvia Plath, the poet […]
This book is a long pep talk written by Marco Borges who helped various clients transition to a plant-based lifestyle. Two of his most famous clients, Jay-Z and Beyonce introduce the book: “We want to challenge you, as we challenge ourselves, to move toward plant-based foods.” The first half of the book is a explanation […]
This is a slim volume, part reminiscence about the Waldorf Astoria’s recent history before the Anbang remodel began, part fascinating, deeply researched introduction to honey bee life. Strong recommendation for anyone interested in pollinators! Lesley Day is a New York City naturalist who authored 3 field guides to the NYC natural world and she writes […]
Clemantine was a demanding, curious six year old living in Kigali when the Rwandan massacre started. She had no idea why the adults started whispering and people she knew began to disappear. Her parents sent Clemantine and her older sister to stay with their Grandmother, the first in a long line of peregrinations that in […]
Don’t be fooled by the title. This is not a book about a particular library book. It’s a book about a particular library and libraries in general. Orlean, critically acclaimed for “The Orchid Thief,” has re-opened the case of the catastrophic fire of 1986 that immolated most of the contents of the large Los Angeles […]
This is big, beautiful book is the thing for ballet geeks. It’s designed for the coffee table because it’s a book you pick up and just love to page through again and again. The evolution of the art form, the dancers, the choreographers, the composers, costumers, set designers, the dance companies, the glorious theaters–it’s all […]
I thought it fitting to read about this disease on the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, commonly referred to as the Spanish Flu. Dr. Brown writes clearly and cogently of the disease’s history (a very long one), its laundry list of so-called “cures,” how a typical doctor today treats a flu patient, […]
After reading In the Hurricane’s Eye (2018) by Nathaniel Philbrick, the story of George Washington and the battle of Yorktown, I wanted to learn more about Washington and his position on slavery, which is only touched on briefly in that book. Never Caught brings us a heroine from history, Ona Marie Judge, Martha Washington’s lady’s maid. […]
Joshua Becker’s book really made a difference to me; after reading it, I started to work on my home. The difference between this book and all the others is that this book does NOT assume a decluttered home is the goal. The freedom to pursue your life’s mission is the goal and the cluttered home […]
