

Review: "Life Itself a memoir by Roger Ebert"
The most important directive in the title of this book is "memoir". My understanding is that a memoir is not an autobiography but a...


Review: "Open House," by Elizabeth Berg
For several years, perhaps it was about ten ago, I enjoyed Berg's books immensely. Set in typical modern America they focused on normal...


Review: "H is for Hawk," by Helen MacDonald
This book is quite a remarkable personal memoir. Having won several awards and made a number of "Best of 2015" lists I really looked to...


Review: "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West" by Cormac McCarthy
If "the west" of the middle 19th century (1850-1880) and by west I mean Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California and large...


Review: "Terrorist - Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin who Ignited World War I," by Henrik Reh
Once again I've delved into the world of graphic novels in an historical context. The title tells it all and a wonderful history lesson...


Review: "Gratitude," by Oliver Sacks
This is truly not a book at all, nor should it have been made into one. I had read them before and thought that the book might have...


Review: "In the Garden of Beasts," by Erik Larson
Having read all of Mr. Larson's earlier books I came to this piece with equal enthusiasm and anticipation. Although a fine work, I have...


Review: "The Great Bridge," by David McCullough
An incredible masterwork of unparalleled research and writing, this non-fiction tome, running over 500 pages, never ceases to satisfy,...


Review: "Auschwitz," by Pascal Croci
In my continued admiration and exploration of graphic novels this is the first of several books that I will review in the next week or...


Review: "Stiff - The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," by Mary Roach
This is one of the most peculiar non-fiction books I have ever read and please don't accept this as any kind of a recommendation. At the...