by michaeld | Jun 27, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Coffee Table Chemistry By Tom Jackson Shelter Harbor Press, $24.95, 144 pages This overview of the basic elements of chemistry looks like something between a high-gloss high school textbook and an odd but not out of place coffee table book. Chock-full of...
by michaeld | Jun 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics
From Top to Bottom By Timothy Noah Bloomsbury Press, $25.00, 263 pages “To accept that some inequality is a fact of life in a capitalistic economy is not to accept that ever-greater inequality is either necessary or desirable.” Journalist...
by Site Owner | May 19, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Sports & Recreation
Mad Men Playing Football By Simon Kuper Nation Books, $16.99, 336 pages One need not be a football fan to enjoy Simon Kuper’s book. It helps, though, to have a degree of recognition of key names and events, as an interested background gives these stories...
by Site Owner | May 15, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit, Portland Authors, Religion
Buddhism Made too Easy By Paul Gerhards Parami Press, $15.95, 120 pages Buddhism is one of the less-ironic faiths. It involves a direct confrontation with reality. The sacred writings are less analogies than tales of people managing to find complexity in...
by michaeld | Feb 20, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit
Ordinary But Uncommon By Elihu Genmyo Smith Shambhala Publications, 17.95, 240 pages This book is presented as a series of talks, each building upon each other. Author Elihu Genmyo Smith patiently leads readers through a thicket of koan-like, iterative...
