by Site Owner | Feb 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, Books About Books
Interesting Exploration of Handwriting By Philip Hensher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $15.00, 270 pages As the personal computer and QWERTY keyboards dominate our lives, Philip Hensher asserts that handwriting has become a lost art. His book, The Missing Ink began...
by Site Owner | Feb 4, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Pop Culture
Read the Clues of History to Envision the Future By Tom Standage Bloomsbury, $26.00, 278 pages Writing in the Wall shares the evolution of how communication happened from the beginning ages to present day. Standage references major events in history to prove his...
by Site Owner | Dec 17, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Reference
By Phil Cousineau Viva Editions, $16.95, 402 pages Wordsmiths start young, scribbling in the margin of school notebooks scintillating, ruminate, Antofagasta. And later, define favorite words, gathering a personal, perhaps private collection: Robespierre, garrulous,...
by Site Owner | Dec 11, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Reference
Gentle Return to Writing By Kathrin Lake Buddha Press, 83 pages, $14.99 Sometimes writers do not believe in themselves as writers. Sometimes they believe ‘real’ writing happens in one particular form. Sometimes they believe they are stuck in writers’...
by Site Owner | Nov 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Reference
Excellent Advice for Writers By Midge Raymond Ashland Creek Press, $15.95, 245 pages For most writers writing a novel of 100,000 words is the easy part. The challenge is getting that book read and reviewed by the public. In Everyday Book Marketing by Midge Raymond...
by Site Owner | Nov 1, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, History, Reference
Exploring America’s History with Its Most Prolific Writers By Philip F. Gura Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 330 pages, $30.00 Truth’s Ragged Edge: The Rise of the American Novel explores the sordid and convoluted history of America through the eyes...