Keeping the Feast: by Paula Butturini – Book Review
Paula Butturini and her husband John Tagliabue grew up in a rich Italian tradition that both celebrates and takes equal comfort in the preparation and sharing of meals with family members and friends. When they met, they seemed like a natural match for one another, and spent four happy years as a couple, holding down [...]
Government Girl, by Stacy Parker Aab – Book Review
Stacy Parker is just 18 years old and attending George Washington University when she starts as an intern in the office of George Stephanopolous. A native of Detroit, Stacy has always excelled at school, and she quickly falls into a routine riddled with varying levels of constant stress while she tries to do the best [...]
Among The Thugs, by Bill Buford – Book Review
When Bill Buford started investigating the extreme violence among the soccer “firms” in the UK he was early into his tenure of being an American in England and as a result looked upon as an outsider when approaching the members of the different groups. With perseverance through continued attendance at soccer matches and his presence [...]
Seven, by Jacqueline Leo
Part self help book, part meditation on the number seven and the way that it has popped up time and again throughout the course of history, Jacqueline Leo’s new book is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Leo covers a wide range of topics that try as I might to summarize leave my powers of summary in the [...]
Perfection, by Julie Metz
“The subject of his book was umami, a Japanese word that translates as “perfection”, usually as it relates to food. Umami also translates as “the fifth taste”, best described for Westerners as “savory”. The other tastes are sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Umami is the feeling of mouthwatering deliciousness during, and complete satiety after, a [...]
Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, by Logan & Noah Miller
Either You’re In Or You’re In the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keeping a Promise to Their Father, by Logan & Noah Miller is published by HarperCollins and is Highly Recommended.
Noah and Logan Miller are twin brothers who both had dreams of playing major league baseball and when that [...]
The Road of Lost Innocence, by Somaly Mam
The Road of Lost Innocence, by Somaly Mam
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Rating: Highly Recommended
Somaly Mam lost her parents at a young age in Cambodia. Having no idea of what her name was or her age, Mam grew up in war torn Cambodia as an ethnic minority. The Khmer Rouge [...]
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, by Dan Baum
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans, by Dan Baum
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication Date: February 10, 2009
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Rating: Highly Recommended
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans tracks the stories of nine people living in different parts of New Orleans and experiencing the different lives that the city has to offer [...]
May 2010
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