by Site Owner | Jan 10, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
By Jean-Francois Parot, Translated by Michael Glencross Gallac Books, $15.95, 401 pages The year is 1761, France is at war with Prussia and England, the king is under the influence of Mme de Pompadour and some compromising state letters are missing. Into this...
by Site Owner | Dec 10, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, Body, Mind & Spirit, Cooking, Food & Drinks, Crafts & Hobbies, Education, Parenting & Families, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Home & Garden, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Reference, Self-Help
Idiot’s Guides: Yoga by Sarah Herrington Alpha Books, 247 pages, $19.95 Explore the World of Yoga the Easy Way “Yoga is a practice for anyone of any age, background, belief system or body type.” New to the practice of Yoga or know...
by Site Owner | Nov 15, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Lian Dolan Prospect Park Books, 276 pages, $15.95 When community college professor and Shakespeare scholar Elizabeth Lancaster unexpectedly receives an invitation from her ex-husband to spend the summer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as his...
by Site Owner | Nov 14, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Crafts & Hobbies
Wearing Woodland Creatures By Stephanie Dosen Taunton Press, 128 pages, $19.95 Although no small nocturnal birds of prey appear in this delightful little book, the knitting patterns of Stephanie Dosen, the designer-founder of Tiny Owl Knits, will be...
by Site Owner | Oct 29, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Pop Culture
Capturing the Past By John Strausbaugh ECCO, 624 pages, $29.99 “’When the geist moves, it never comes back to its old neighborhood’” For many of the nearly 50 million travelers who flock to New York City every year, Greenwich Village is little more than...