Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Covers 200 Years of Classic Covers Margaret C. Sullivan Quirk Books Hardcover $24.95 (224pp) 978-1-59474-725-0 This book is such a great idea, and so masterfully put together, no one should... Read More
Many current Wicca and Celtic spiritual wisdom books are for an adult audience. Until recently, the teenage reader and seeker was left to fend for herself. This book helps to change that. Coming from a family of Celtic healers,... Read More
Anyone who has moved as a child remembers the event as a significant and potentially scary milestone of childhood. However, Rosa approaches the situation with determination and style in this picture book, which reads like a how-to manual... Read More
Once again, we’re excited to bring some young readers into the studio (figuratively) to lob some questions at the author/illustrator of a fantastic new children’s picture book. Librarian/reviewer Pallas McCorquodale leads the way... Read More
In his introduction to this collection of sixteen short stories, the author says he has imagined his work as literary experimentation: “I fancied what I was doing, in form, not subjects, a little of what others were doing in music,... Read More
These enjoyable vignettes of a doctor’s memories make for a great storytelling session. Howard A. Stein wrote "The Way I Saw It" as a family heirloom, and the memoir serves that purpose well. His sense of humor and pride in his work as... Read More
In "The Lantern", an intriguing tale that effortlessly spans time and place, award-winning author Joanne Lewis presents a mystery of Italian architectural history that follows two women’s quests to break free from their past, address... Read More
Teens looking for a role model to lead them through adversity to success should consider Alice Walker. Walker, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitizer Prize for fiction for The Color Purple has triumphed over life’s... Read More