Beyond the Notches : Stories of Place In New Hampshire's North Country
The Triple Agent : the Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
The Washington Post – Steve Hendricks Spy books these days are apt to start with an episode that, chronologically speaking, belongs in the middle of the book but that is so enthralling, the reader can't help but read on to see how it all ends…Joby Warrick makes a pluckier start in The Triple Agent. He […]
Codependent No More Workbook
Library Journal Best known for her 1987 best seller, Codependent No More, Beattie has developed a 12-step workbook not only for those suffering from codependency issues but for those experiencing phobias, addictions, and other disorders. Beattie describes codependent people as those who let another person's behavior affect them overly and who are obsessed with controlling […]
The Greater Journey : Americans In Paris, 1830-1900
The New York Times – Stacy Schiff …[McCullough] explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors. The result is an epic of ideas, as well as an exhilarating book of spells…McCullough's grand tour is impressionistic and discursive, proceeding by way of crossed paths and capsule biographies. This is history to be savored […]
The Reading Promise : My Father and the Books We Shared
Publishers Weekly Named for two literary characters ("Alice" from Lewis Carroll and "Ozma" from L. Frank Baum), the author is the daughter of a Philadelphia-area elementary school librarian. Father and daughter embarked on a streak of reading-out-loud sessions every night before bed as Ozma was growing up. At first they decided on 100 nights straight […]
Blood and Smoke : a True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500
Library Journal The earliest auto races were more about endurance than speed, writes Leerhsen (Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America). Cars were more likely to break down, burst into flames, or fall apart than complete the race, and drivers weren't sure they'd be alive at the finish […]
American Terroir : Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields
Publishers Weekly Terroir, a French term usually associated with wine, is what James Beard Award-winning author Jacobsen (Fruitless Fall) defines as "foods that are what they are because of where they come from." In a dozen informative and often funny essays spanning breakfast to dinner, Jacobsen deploys an open mind as he travels across North […]
In the Garden of Beasts : Love, Terror, and an American Family In Hitler's Berlin
The Washington Post – Philip Kerr History books have to work much harder than they did of old. It's no longer enough that they are authoritative and well-researched—they have to be entertaining, too. As entertaining as a novel, perhaps. Of course this is quite a tall order. But Larson fills it admirably…his book reads like […]
SEAL Team Six : Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper
The New York Times – Michiko Kakutani …Wasdin's narrative is visceral and as action packed as a Tom Clancy thriller…
Naturally Curious : a Photographic Field Guide and Month-by-month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England
Publishers Weekly Holland (Milkweed Visitors), a naturalist and wildlife photographer, has an oddball vision of nature that is both informative and entertaining. Her description of her home, where she stores beaver castor glands in her freezer and has a fecal bear plug on display in her living room, prepares the reader for a book that […]