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 | Nov 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
A Seriously Endangered Species By Jesse D’Elia & Susan M. Haig Oregon State University Press, $22.95, 208 pages When a research project is carried out diligently and enthusiastically, the outcome can be satisfying even when the results are inconclusive. The...
by Site Owner | Oct 7, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
By Jason Gray Peace Corps Writers, $14.95, 288 pages Jason Gray’s memoir, Glimpses through the Forest: Memories of Gabon, defies the widely held image of the Peace Corps that assumes it spends its time in regions far from civilization as we know it. During his time in...
by Site Owner | Aug 16, 2013 | Young Adult
Staying the Course By Angela Blount Amazon Digital Services, Inc., $3.99, 376 pages What a grand adventure! In Once Upon a Road Trip, Angela N. Blount (a.k.a. Angie) tells the partially fictionalized chronicle of the car trip she took after graduating high...
by Site Owner | Jul 23, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Young Adult
A Life Lived Over By Helen Sedwick Ten Gallon Press, $9.99, 224 pages, 3 stars Here’s a story that rolls along so fast it’s hard to keep up with it. Lively, entertaining, humorous, researched with more accuracy and vigor than many juvenile books, and all...