by Site Owner | Jul 22, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Film, TV & Theater, Music
Elie is Bach in Prose By Paul Elie Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.00, 512 pages Paul Elie’s Reinventing Bach weaves together scenes from Bach’s life, stories of 20th Century landmark Bach recordings (Schweitzer and Casals in the 1930s; Stokowski’s Toccata and Fugue...
by Site Owner | May 5, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
Disappointing By Gordon Bowker Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $35.00, 608 pages He is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century. His name is synonymous with the country he was born in; you can’t separate Ireland and James Joyce. They are...
by michaeld | Jul 24, 2012 | Tweens
Lessons of loyalty and friendship By Michelle Cuevas Farrar Straus Giroux, $15.99, 136 pages What is life like from the top of an elephant? Young Pigeon Jones is about to find out! As a baby, Pigeon is abandoned by his parents. They worry that his ears are too...
