Book Review: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb Nonfiction: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb Although it would make a great title for a crime novel, 18 Tiny Deaths […]
Book Review: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis Nonfiction: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis Domesticated is a scientific examination of the evolution of domesticated mammals. Tracing their origins back to their wild ancestors, Richard C. Francis explores the changes and modifications that domestication has made on […]
Book Review: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Nonfiction: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Susan Orlean is a genius at making you think you are reading one book when in reality you are reading several books she has incredibly forged together in an unbreakable alloy. Rin Tin Tin masquerades as a book about the […]
Book Review: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Nonfiction: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Did you know that Thomas Paine, famed author of the Revolutionary War era pamphlet Common Sense, writer of the sentence “These are the times that try men’s souls,” the single best selling American author in history (by percentage […]
Book Review: Fathoms, Rebecca Giggs Nonfiction: Fathoms, Rebecca Giggs Fathoms is a difficult book to read for many reasons. All of those reasons also make it a book that you should read. The book begins and ends with beached whales. Author Rebecca Giggs visits the sites of both beachings in Australia, her […]
Book Review: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson NonFiction: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson Blog Tour: October 2, 2020 I often reflect upon my good fortune despite, which is true despite various challenges I may face. I grew up in a stable home with parents who loved me. We were comfortably middle-class and […]
Book Review: Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch Nonfiction: Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch Because Internet is subtitled Understanding the New Rules of Language. It is one linguist’s efforts to study and learn the effects of the Internet on the use of English, particularly in Canada (the author’s home), US, Britain, and Australia. This is a […]
Book Review: Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, Elizabeth Rush Nonfiction: Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, Elizabeth Rush One reviewer calls Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore “the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing” (Chicago Tribune). I cannot think of a more apt description. This book […]
Book Review: The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells NonFiction: The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells If a non-fiction book can be a horror story, David Wallace-Wells has written one with The Uninhabitable Earth. Filled with chapters titled “Heat Death,” “Hunger,” “Drowning,” etc., the book looks in depth at the various calamities our world faces as […]
