by Site Owner | May 19, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, Poetry
An Oral Cemetery By Alice Oswald Norton, $15.95, 90 pages Rather than seeking to retell the classic story by Homer, British poet Alice Oswald seeks to capture the mood of the story by writing poetry about life, love, and war in Memorial, A Version of Homer’s Iliad....
by Kevin Winter | Apr 17, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, Pop Culture
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Norton Formats: Paperback Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Designing modern cities is a major point of contention these days. There are many competing interests,...
by Seniye Groff | Apr 14, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, Current Events & Politics
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Norton Formats: Hardcover Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Alexander Garvin introduced an urban planning game in his classroom and taught students the fine art of...
by George Erdosh | Apr 10, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks, Home & Garden
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Norton Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Mass Market Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] For those who love the currently...
by Site Owner | Apr 21, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By John Lanchester Norton, $15.95, 527 pages, 5 stars This novel by British journalist and author John Lanchester begins in the late fall of 2007, just months before the worldwide financial crisis that devastated so many lives across the globe....