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Book Review: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury Nonfiction/Science: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury Readers and writers often joke about the dangerous Google search history of thriller writers. Explosives, armaments, far off places, creative […]
Book Review: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones Nonfiction: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones When our youngest son started driving on his own he experienced something all too familiar to residents of central Pennsylvania–indeed, residents throughout much of the US and other […]
Book Review: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, Rosemary Sullivan Nonfiction/History: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, Rosemary Sullivan The mystery of the Frank family’s betrayal has puzzled historians for decades. The story itself is quite well known. The Frank family, a Jewish family in Amsterdam during […]
Book Review: A Brief History of the Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters, Andrew H. Knoll Nonfiction: A Brief History of the Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters, Andrew H. Knoll The subtitle of A Brief History of Earth is, I think, a wink and a chuckle at the hubris involved […]
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer Nonfiction: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer: Centre County (PA) Reads book for 2022 I have seen many reviews of this book that talk about the Native American traditions author […]
Book Review: Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins, Oné Pagan Nonfiction: Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins, Oné Pagan Please tell me I’m not the only person who sometimes picks up a random book by an author I’ve never heard of because the title catches my eye! Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins. Seriously? That title alone […]
Book Review: Fuzz, Mary Roach Book Review: Fuzz, Mary Roach I was unaware that the durian fruit can be deadly. Known for its appalling odor (I’ve heard, though I’ve never personally confirmed, that it smells like a rotting corpse), the durian is a prized fruit by many people and a despised fruit by […]
Book Review: Katherine Johnson, My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir, Joylette Hylick, Katherine Johnson, and Katherine Moore Nonfiction/Biography: Katherine Johnson, My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir, Joylette Hylick, Katherine Johnson, and Katherine Moore You can’t judge a book by its cover. I know that. But the cover of Katherine Johnson, My Remarkable Journey caught my […]
Book Review: On Animals, Susan Orlean Nonfiction: On Animals, Susan Orlean Susan Orlean tells the story in her book of a time when the man she was seeing told her he was inviting his best friend over to her apartment for Valentine’s Day and she should dress down. When the man arrived, he […]
Book Review: The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian Nonfiction/Science: The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian This is one of the most exquisitely beautiful books I have seen. It is also one of the strangest. The Deep is a coffee-table sized book filled with beautiful color pictures […]