Full disclosure: I actually prefer print books over e-books. I think every true bibliophile does. Jelia has offered a critique of the developing medium, so I have decided to write my defense of e-books. More disclosure, I have owned a Kindle for the last four years, and I have read the […]
Steve Inskeep, Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab, New York: Penguin Press, 2015. I readily admit that I am, in every sense of the word, an NPR junkie. I have tuned in more or less religiously since I found it the best way to […]
When we finished with the rehearsal for Rachel’s wedding last November, the party headed out for the dinner at NBC Seafood Company in Pasadena. Just looking at the name of the restaurant on the wedding weekend time line, I assumed that it was some sort of fish and seafood restaurant. […]
Timothy Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, New York: Doubleday, 2007. Stefan Rudniki, narrator, Blackstone Audio, Inc. There’s something about becoming a member of your local library that makes one feel like they have finally settled in a community. Two weeks ago, with an itch to have […]
Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President, New York: Random House, 2011. While working on my master’s degree, one of my professors told me that when it came time to write my dissertation, find a book I love and write […]
Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, New York:W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2003. Shelly Fraiser, narrator. I was twelve or thirteen, making my younger cousin seven or eight, when we saw our first cadaver. It was not the first time I saw a dead body, although […]
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