Nuclear Express, Thomas C Reed; Danny B Stillman
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Living on the black
"Seasoned pitchers Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina ... experience very different seasons---one on a team dealing with the pressure to get to a World Series for the first time in seven years, the other with a team expected to be there every year. Taking the reader through contract negotiations, spring training, the ups of wins and the downs of losses, and the people in their lives---family, managers, pitching coaches, agents, catchers, other pitchers---Feinstein provides a true insider's look at the pressure cooker of sports at the highest level" -- from publisher's web site.
Friday, January 21, 2011
My father's tears and other stories
Kirkus, on Updike: Reflection and reconsideration abound in the late (1932–2009) great author's final finished collection of stories.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Luminous fish
Book of the day on Book-a-Day calendar.
"Originally published as Peces luminosos: historias de amor y ciencia by Tusquets Editorial, Barcelona, 2002."--T.p. verso. "A Sciencewriters Book." Stories, fictional and memoir, of scientists in work and in love.
"Originally published as Peces luminosos: historias de amor y ciencia by Tusquets Editorial, Barcelona, 2002."--T.p. verso. "A Sciencewriters Book." Stories, fictional and memoir, of scientists in work and in love.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Chinaman
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Friedrich Glauser (February 4, 1896 in Vienna – December 8, 1938 in Nervi) was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life. In his first novel Gourrama, written between 1928 and 1930, he treated his own experiences at the French Foreign Legion. The evening before his wedding day, he suffered a stroke caused by cerebral infarction, and died two days later. One of Germany's best-known crime writing awards is the Glauser prize.
Friedrich Glauser (February 4, 1896 in Vienna – December 8, 1938 in Nervi) was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life. In his first novel Gourrama, written between 1928 and 1930, he treated his own experiences at the French Foreign Legion. The evening before his wedding day, he suffered a stroke caused by cerebral infarction, and died two days later. One of Germany's best-known crime writing awards is the Glauser prize.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Eisenhower : soldier and president
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Condensed version of a two volume work originally published as: Eisenhower. c1983-c1984.
Condensed version of a two volume work originally published as: Eisenhower. c1983-c1984.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
King's dream
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In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expresses the story of African-American freedom.
In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expresses the story of African-American freedom.
Friday, January 14, 2011
A short history of women
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Five generations of willful, restless women struggle to find an identity beyond that of wife and mother.
Five generations of willful, restless women struggle to find an identity beyond that of wife and mother.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
American rifle
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This spirited and engrossing narrative vividly details the life of a seminal invention--the American rifle--and shows not only how it influenced the course of the nation's history, but reflects the needs and values of America itself.
This spirited and engrossing narrative vividly details the life of a seminal invention--the American rifle--and shows not only how it influenced the course of the nation's history, but reflects the needs and values of America itself.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Friday night knitting club
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Kirkus Reviews: A Steel Magnolias for the 21st-century set in a New York City knitting shop
Kirkus Reviews: A Steel Magnolias for the 21st-century set in a New York City knitting shop
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
As they see 'em
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A New York Times reporter describes the perspectives he gained into the game of baseball while attending umpire training school and umpiring games firsthand, in an insider fan's account that also draws on the experiences of dozens of professional umpires.
A New York Times reporter describes the perspectives he gained into the game of baseball while attending umpire training school and umpiring games firsthand, in an insider fan's account that also draws on the experiences of dozens of professional umpires.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Elegance of the hedgehog
I'm reading it now (20 January). Book of the day on Book-a-Day calendar.
2 Parisians, a concierge in a building where wealthy people live, and the 13-year-old daughter of one of those familes, both snarter than they let one, each for her own reasons, are the main characters.
2 Parisians, a concierge in a building where wealthy people live, and the 13-year-old daughter of one of those familes, both snarter than they let one, each for her own reasons, are the main characters.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
God's crucible
Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215. David Levering Lewis.
Book of the day on Book-a-Day calendar.
Book of the day on Book-a-Day calendar.
How Colombia almost meets US
Sunday Book Review: ‘Vida’ by Patricia Engel (October 10, 2010)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Lowboy
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Possessing paranoid schizophrenic beliefs that he can save the planet from climate change by cooling down his own overheated body, sixteen-year-old New York youth Will Heller pursues a terrifying and delusional odyssey through the city's tunnels and backalleys.
Possessing paranoid schizophrenic beliefs that he can save the planet from climate change by cooling down his own overheated body, sixteen-year-old New York youth Will Heller pursues a terrifying and delusional odyssey through the city's tunnels and backalleys.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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