Music can play an important part in our lives yet how many of us appreciate the effect it has on our brains, bodies, and moods, or understand how we can
Listening to a Radio Moscow broadcast on holiday on Jura, Glasgow schoolboy Robert Harvie finds errors in the programme which he reports to the Russians. Then, as a student, the
Librarian Heather Brown discovers the fascinating life of Alice Bailey – a long forgotten occultist. Back in 1931, Alice is preparing to give a speech at a Swiss summer school.
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first
Bar Jonah liked to break his victims. To create a fissure in their being that would last a lifetime so that when the thin-membrane scar of the crevasse was ruptured,
Autobiographies, Book Review, Civil Rights, Coming of Age, Historical Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Vietnam War
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first
For America, the period of 1800 to 1920 was an unparalleled time of broad expansion and growth driven by extraordinary factors unlike almost any other in history. It was a
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted
What does hate look like? Hate looks like the bullet hole in the door frame leading into the prayer room at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin—a vestige of the carnage
Today I am reviewing an unusual biography of a woman who would do anything to provide for her family even as far as becoming an escort. At twelve, I had
Florence understood instinctively that beauty, as well as money, was power; and she had both in abundance. Florence Gould was an intelligent, conniving, self-centered, savvy business woman, but most of
Peace is permanent happiness. Dr. Ojikutu’s guide advises us that we have two lines: our spiritual line and our physical line, and we have to simultaneously nourish them in order to
What is stuff made of? Mr. Graybill gives a humorous, easy-to-follow, history lesson in the study of matter. He includes an extensive vocabulary of science terms from various theories, elements,
I am a man who wants to serve others. Charles “Chuck” Thompson had terminal brain cancer, and he had decisions to make. He had “climbed many mountains, but this one
If you want to be the life of the party, this is your book. You can fill your brain with as much “useless knowledge” (my affectionate moniker) as you can
Take a crack at it, it’s f*cking therapeutic. Just the title alone on this book would get someone to notice it. It is a guide for hand lettering to express
According to national statistics, at least one in five college women experience some type of sexual assault. Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach are ESPN reporters who have done a comprehensive