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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...