by Jane Manaster | Apr 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference, Sports & Recreation
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] First the snow – with deference to the particular and suitable...
by Jane Manaster | Apr 15, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Young Adult
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Delecorte Press Books for Young Readers Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Once your youngster is...
by Jane Manaster | Apr 2, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, NW Setting, Travel
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Caxton Press Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Author JoAnn Roe has poured years of writing and travel experience into a meticulous...
by Site Owner | Feb 17, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Poetry
By Alexander McCall Smith Princeton University Press, $19.95, 137 pages How can an author with a terrific track record be embarrassed about the book he’s just written? Or how else to explain Alexander McCall Smith’s What W. H. Auden Can Do for You, an uncomfortable...
by Site Owner | Feb 4, 2014 | Travel
By Amit Chaudhuri Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 306 pages Mother Teresa’s Calcutta was like no other, so was Geoffrey Morehouse’s (still hands down my favorite), and likewise, though a cliché, Amit Chaudhuri’s Calcutta: Two Years in the City. While certainly like no other,...