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Book Review: ‘Elsewhere’ by Richard Russo
Pulitzer Price winning novelist memories of life with mother are not always warm and happy.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees’ by David More and John White
Should satisfy the deeply rooted dendrologist within you.
Read More »Book Review: ‘I Am Mixed’ by Garcelle Beauvais and Sebastian A. Jones
A charming story about a mixed race twins.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Story of English in 100 Words’ by David Crystal
This lively and well-written book proves that language can be an entertaining subject as well as an enlightening one.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ava’s Secret Tea Party’ by Donna Shepherd
An enchanting book about a little girl who invites three magical beings to a special tea party.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Kangaroo Clues’ by Margot Finke
An informative book about the creatures of the Australian Outback.
Read More »Interview with Catherine Astolfo, Author of ‘Sweet Karoline’
"I am fascinated by evil, by the psychopathology that leads people to harm others."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy’ by Mark P. Witton
I now know that practically everything I learnt about pterosaurs 30 years ago was, while the "wisdom" of the time, entirely wrong.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Essays in Biography’ by Joseph Epstein
Epstein writes about subjects as varied as George Washington and Michael Jordan with erudite style.
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