Arctic Thaw : the People of the Whale In a Changing Climate
School Library Journal Review: Gr 5-8?A somewhat sobering, yet upbeat examination of the probable effects of global warming on the culture of the I?upiaq whale hunters of Alaska's North Slope. Lourie, in company with atmospheric chemist Dr. Paul Shepson and three of his students, made three journeys to investigate the problems presented by climatic change […]
Warlock : a Novel of Ancient Egypt
In the Weather of the Heart: a Memoir of a Shattered Marriage and a Reckoning With Recovery
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Washington Post – Patrick Anderson: Only now, with the publication of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the third novel in the late Stieg Larsson's immensely popular Millennium trilogy, can we fully appreciate the Swedish writer's achievement. The trilogy ranks among those novels that expand the horizons of popular fiction?the novel fully lives […]
The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
The Camel Bookmobile
Publisher Weekly Review: Hamilton's captivating third novel (after 2004's The Distance Between Us) follows Fiona Sweeney, a 36-year-old librarian, from New York to Garissa, Kenya, on her sincere but na?ve quest to make a difference in the world. Fi enlists to run the titular mobile library overseen by Mr. Abasi, and in her travels through […]
Glass Houses
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. The Plate Glass Killer is terrorizing Philadelphia, and the alcoholic, homeless scion of the wealthy Tyder family is arrested after being found, covered in blood, at the latest murder scene. Gregor Demarkian (Hardscrabble Road), retired head of the FBI's Behavioral Sciences Unit, is asked to investigate Tyder's bizarre behavior and […]
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Publisher Weekly Review: Imagining the banks of the Seine in the thick of la vie moderne, Vreeland (Girl in Hyacinth Blue) tracks Auguste Renoir as he conceives, plans and paints the 1880 masterpiece that gives her vivid fourth novel its title. Renoir, then 39, pays the rent on his Montmartre garret by painting "overbred society […]
The Ministry of Special Cases
Library Journal Review: tarred Review. This debut novel by the author of the award-winning story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges describes in painful detail the disappearance of dissidents during Argentina's Dirty War (1976?83), focusing on the tribulations of one innocent Jewish family in Buenos Aires. Kaddish Poznan, who charges families to deface old […]
Jack Plank Tells Tales
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Billed as Babbitt's first novel in 25 years, this book is really a charming collection of linked stories about the gentler side of pirate life aboard the Avarice. The tale-teller, Jack Plank, understands that "plundering" is not his strong suit: "You have to yell and make faces and rattle your […]