by L Ruby Hannigan | Nov 5, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Feast Days is the narrative voice of Emma, the ex-patriot wife of her husband [no name], who has a well paying bank job. This young, upwardly mobile couple leave New York to live in in San Paulo, Brazil. Emma finds herself trying hard to fit in with this rich social...
by Howard Leighton | Mar 14, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Most of us know there is oxygen and carbon dioxide in our air (atmosphere). Sam Kean makes a book about the makeup of the atmosphere interesting and entertaining. This book is actually about the atmosphere of the earth and the air we breathe. As a way of introduction...
by Sarah Hutchins | Dec 21, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Religion, War & Military
How many new memoirs or semi-autobiographical memoirs are left to add to the collective understanding of WWII and its atrocities? Shortly after Elie Wiesel, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, died in July 2016, Time Magazine reported that just 100,000 holocaust...
by Howard Leighton | Sep 20, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Reference, Social Science
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] “Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?” asked Elizabeth Bennett, “Not if I can help it.” replied Mr....
by Seniye Groff | Jul 15, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, War & Military
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Maggie Rayburn works at a munitions plant where, although...
