Thursday, March 28th, 2013
“A Week in Winter” By Maeve Binchy (Random House, $26.95) Reviewed by Rose McAllister Croke Beloved Irish author Maeve Binchy finished the manuscript for “A Week in Winter” days before she died in July after a...
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
“Lee Marvin: Point Blank” by Dwayne Epstein, afterword by Christopher Marvin (Schaffner Press, $27.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox Much of what we think we know about Lee Marvin is gleaned from his tough-guy film roles. Some...
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
“Etiquette & Espionage” by Gail Carriger (Little, Brown, $17.99) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is bold, adventurous and, in her mother’s own words, a “cracking great bother.” It’s not really much of a surprise that...
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
“A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It” Edited by Peter Pringle (PublicAffairs, $15.99) Reviewed by Larry Cox America has truly become one nation, underfed. Despite our...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
“A Cold and Lonely Place” By Sara J. Henry (Crown Publishers, $24) Reviewed by Rose McAllister Croke Freelance writer Troy Chance is taking photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival’s ice palace, which is being built...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
“Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp” by Ann Kirschner (Harper, $27.99) Reviewed by Larry Cox Wyatt Earp is a fixture in American folklore. His dust up at the O.K. Corral...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
“A Red Sun Also Rises” by Mark Hodder (Pyr, $17.95) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Aiden, a young priest in crisis, and his only friend, Clarissa, a brilliant, disfigured scholar, set off on a missionary trip to...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2013
“The Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace” by Molly Caldwell Crosby (Penguin Group, $25.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox During the early 1900s, one of the most...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013
“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” By Susan Cain (Broadway Books, $16) Reviewed by Rose McAllister Croke When “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013
“The Blue Grass Cook Book” compiled by Minnie C. Fox (University Press of Kentucky, $21.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox This fascinating cookbook was originally published in 1904 when Minnie C. Fox, a Kentucky socialite, compiled more...
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