by Site Owner | Apr 18, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Provocative and Wonderful By Lawrence Anthony & Graham Spence Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, 384 pages, 4.5 stars When Lawrence Anthony, founder of the Thula Thula wildlife reserve in South Africa, learned that only fourteen Northern White Rhino...
by michaeld | Dec 29, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
An Offbeat Modern Folktale By Jack Bushnell, Illustrated by Miguel Co Tanglewood Publishing, $16.95, 32 pages Some folks say the white deer is a fallen star come to life, some say she was born out of spilled milk and tornado winds. Some even say she’s...
by Site Owner | Sep 11, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Absolutely Everything a Picture Book Should Be By Colin Stimpson Templar Books, 40 pages, $15.99 Jack lives with his mother and his dog in a little burger truck on the edge of a busy city. Everything is going fine until a new overpass sends customers...
by Site Owner | Sep 5, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks
By Diana Farr Louis & June Marinos I. B. Tauris, $28.00, 272 pages Exploring the cuisine and culture of the Ionian Islands, Prospero’s Kitchen: Island Cooking of Greece offers more than 150 recipes to bring the flavor of the Mediterranean into your kitchen. In...
by Site Owner | Aug 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, Poetry
By Dante Alighieri, Translated by Mary Jo Bang, Drawings by Henrik Drescher Graywolf Press, $28.00, 338 pages Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Inferno is truly unique. Although the work unquestionably remains Dante Alighieri’s classic journey through Hell, the...