by Site Owner | Jun 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Pop Culture
By Elizabeth Cline Portfolio, $25.95, 235 pages Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion is a must read for anyone interested in fashion and the economy behind it. Within the first 10 pages the reader learns that as a nation we buy roughly 20...
by Site Owner | Jun 14, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Christopher R. Beha Tin House Books, $15.95, 255 pages Charlie Blakeman and Sophie Wilder become friends in college and have a brief love affair after which Sophie disappears from Charlie’s life. Ten years later Sophie is back but more than just time has passed....
by Site Owner | Jun 10, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference
By Barbara Abercrombie New World Library, $15.95, 400 pages “The trick is not in becoming a writer it is in staying a writer. Day after week after month after year.” – Harlan Ellison. Ellison’s words could be the theme of Barbara Abercrombie’s newest book A Year of...
by Site Owner | May 31, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Rupert James Cleis Press, $16.95, 472 pages If you like fashion, sex, intrigue and more sex then Rupert James is your kind of author. In Silk we meet three strong women: a mother who’s a barrister on the rise, her fashion designer daughter who is also on the rise...
by Site Owner | May 26, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Home & Garden
By Andrea Jones Rizzoli, $39.95, 320 pages The Garden Source: Inspirational Design Ideas for Gardens and Landscapes is more than a beautiful book. It is a marvelous resource for anyone contemplating a garden design or landscaping project. It is also a visually...
