Thursday, March 20th, 2014
“Chronicling the West for Harper’s: Coast to Coast with Frenzeny & Tavernier in 1873-1874″ by Claudine Chalmers (University of Oklahoma Press, $45) Reviewed by Larry Cox During the summer of 1873, two artists, Paul Frenzeny and...
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
“The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business” by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen (Random House, $26.95) Reviewed by Molly Ford “The New Digital Age” describes a vision of what life will...
Thursday, March 6th, 2014
“The Heart Health Bible: The 5-Step Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease” by John M. Kennedy, M.D. (Da Capo, $15.99 softbound) Reviewed by Larry Cox It’s no secret that heart disease is the No. 1...
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
“The Splendour Falls” by Susanna Kearsley (Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99) by Ealish Waddell Even though it was his idea to have a holiday in France in the first place, Emily isn’t surprised when her cousin isn’t there...
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
“At Home: A Short History of Private Life” by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, $40) “One Summer: America, 1927″ by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, $28.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox Bill Bryson was born in Iowa in 1951. He...
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
“Hands-Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!” by Rachel Macy Stafford (Zondervan, $15.99) Reviewed by Molly Ford If you find...
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
“Behind the Scenes at Downton Abbey” by Emma Rowley, foreword by Gareth Neame (St. Martin’s Press, $29.99) Reviewed by Larry Cox The concept of the television series “Downton Abbey” began with a dinner and an idea....
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
“The Encyclopedia of Early Earth” by Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown and Company, $23) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell Once upon a time there were two lovers, one from the north pole and one from the south. Across...
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
“In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America” by Maureen Ogle (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28) Reviewed by Larry Cox The battle surrounding meat and livestock production ranks among the longest-waged and hardest-fought in American...
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
“Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin, $18.99) Reviewed by Cindy Elavsky “Eleanor & Park” tells the story of a school year (1986-87) in the life of the titular characters. The reader gets a...