Song of the Poison Dragon
Boom!
The New York Times – Janet Maslin [Brokaw] approaches this magnum opus with warmth, curiosity and conviction, the same attributes that worked so well for his Greatest Generation. And he will succeed in prompting readers to step back and do some soul searching. Boom! is as interesting for the effects it can catalyze as for […]
Search for the Lightening Dragon
Traveller
A Mercy
The Washington Post – Ron Charles: ?a spellbinding companion to Beloved?Her old themes rise up in A Mercy like a fever dream: the horrible sacrifice a mother makes to protect her child, the deadly vanity of benevolent slaveholders, the abandonment of a past too painful to remember. But this is a smaller, more delicate novel, […]
The Bodies Left Behind
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: The meticulously structured plot moves back and forth between hunter and hunted, covering a big stretch of wild country?a thrill-a-minute wilderness adventure.
One False Note
Synopsis: THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a […]
Fun With Roman Numerals
Kirkus Reviews: This team once again hits a home run with their latest math title (Working with Fractions, 2007, etc.). Repetition and lots of examples are the keys Adler uses to make Roman numerals both understandable and memorable. Beginning with the seven symbols, the text introduces the concept that their values never change, unlike the […]
American Lion : Andrew Jackson In the White House
The New York Times – Janet Maslin: American Lion, Jon Meacham's carefully analytical biography, looks past the theatrics and posturing to the essential elements of Jackson's many showdowns. Mr. Meacham?dispenses with the usual view of Jackson as a Tennessee hothead and instead sees a cannily ambitious figure determined to reshape the power of the presidency […]
The Snowball : Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
The New York Times – Janet Maslin: [Buffett's] opinions are so hotly sought that The Snowball, a biography with which he has enthusiastically cooperated, would be of interest even if it answered only softball questions. It approaches him seriously, covers vast terrain and tells a fascinating story. Mr. Buffett made a smart choice when he […]