“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" By Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson Europa Editions, 325 pages, $15 My snobbishness about best-sellers might place me with Renee, the concierge, of a...
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“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" By Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson Europa Editions, 325 pages, $15 My snobbishness about best-sellers might place me with Renee, the concierge, of a...
“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" By Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson Europa Editions, 325 pages, $15 My snobbishness about best-sellers might place me with Renee, the concierge, of a...
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
"The Things They Carried" By Tim O'Brien Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 256 pages, $24 Twenty years ago, Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" commanded attention, seizing readers by the throat. While...
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
"The Things They Carried" By Tim O'Brien Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 256 pages, $24 Twenty years ago, Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" commanded attention, seizing readers by the throat. While...
“Abigail Adams” by Woody Holton
"Abigail Adams" By Woody Holton Free Press, 483 pages, $30 Absence may make the heart grow fonder, and the marriage founder, but for President John Adams and Abigail Smith Adams,...
Jenny Sanford on “Staying True”
Most people get famous for taking a stand, Jenny Sullivan Sanford sat out. But here she is sitting pretty - she'll switch the tasteful colorful wrap jersey-style dress and change...
“Maud Martha” by Gwnedolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks is known as a great poet. Poet Laureate of Illinois from 1968 until her death in 2000, she won the Pulitzer Prize for "Annie Allen" in 1950. She...
“Maud Martha” by Gwnedolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks is known as a great poet. Poet Laureate of Illinois from 1968 until her death in 2000, she won the Pulitzer Prize for "Annie Allen" in 1950. She...
“Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line” by Martha A. Sandweiss
"Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line" By Martha A. Sandweiss Penguin Press, 384 pages, $27.95 How does a sandy-haired, blue-eyed New York...