by Site Owner | Sep 22, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference
By Phil Cousineau, Viva Editions, $15.95, 310 pages Writer’s block isn’t always just staring at a blank page. Sometimes it creeps up on you in the form of not finding the one right word to bring those sentences or meanings together. Word Catcher: An Odyssey Into the...
by Site Owner | Sep 20, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Home & Garden, Reference
Edited by Fine Home Building The Taunton Press, $24.95, 248 pages Deck building is one of the most popular residential projects. Have you considered building one? Do you already have a deck that needs help? If you are thinking about undertaking a deck project this...
by Site Owner | Sep 17, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Reference
By Duane Swierczynski, Quirk Books, $6.98, 256 pages “The Perfect Drink is the MacGyver of booze books.” Duane Swierczynski Have you ever had a cold and thought, “I wish there was a drink that would help relieve this cold?” With The Perfect Drink for...
by Site Owner | Aug 2, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference
By Tim Gunn, Gallery Books, $23.99, 258 pages “Make it work!” “Make it work!” If you have watched the hit television show; Project Runway, you are very familiar with these three words. Tim Gunn is a fashion consultant, professor of design, and TV...
by Site Owner | Aug 2, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference
By John Marciano, Bloomsbury Press, $18.00, 176 pages “So in the end, what is toponymity? It, like more names, is not a word in dictionaries. Toponym, however, is. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “a place-name; a name given to a person or thing...
by Site Owner | Jul 29, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference
Edited by Robert Swartwood W.W. Norton & Co., $13.95, 188 pages One of Ernest Hemingway’s saddest stories is only six words long. “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” These six words include what is needed in a short story and your mind can fill in the blanks....