The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
Nonfiction
A fascinating story about a fascinating scientist who went to China during WWII to find evidence that the Chinese were responsible for many of mankind's most familiar inventions long before the western world developed them. If you liked the Professor and The Madman and other books by Winchester, you won't want to miss this one.
Submitted by Ann
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dalva and The Road Home by Jim Harrison
Novels
Harrison strikes many of the same themes found in Legends of the Fall as he weaves an elegiac saga around five generations of a family that originally homesteaded on the Niobrara River in Nebraska. He skillfully interleaves the voices of the principal characters - all complex.
Submitted by B. Powell
Novels
Harrison strikes many of the same themes found in Legends of the Fall as he weaves an elegiac saga around five generations of a family that originally homesteaded on the Niobrara River in Nebraska. He skillfully interleaves the voices of the principal characters - all complex.
Submitted by B. Powell
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Novel
I read this book three years ago, but it has stayed with me. It is written as a flashback from the point of view of an adolescent boy in small-town Minnesota in the 1960's. It tells the story of a family trying to find a son fleeing from a violent act. It is a moving, poetically told tale with the enduring themes of family and faith.
Submitted by Mimi
Novel
I read this book three years ago, but it has stayed with me. It is written as a flashback from the point of view of an adolescent boy in small-town Minnesota in the 1960's. It tells the story of a family trying to find a son fleeing from a violent act. It is a moving, poetically told tale with the enduring themes of family and faith.
Submitted by Mimi
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Outlander by Gil Adamson
Novel
A young woman escapes an abusive husband and makes a wilderness trek across Idaho and Montana in 1903, pursued by revenge seekers. This is a well-written adventure/suspense tale with a strong heroine, an unusual cast of characters, and an interesting historical setting.
Submitted by Mimi
Novel
A young woman escapes an abusive husband and makes a wilderness trek across Idaho and Montana in 1903, pursued by revenge seekers. This is a well-written adventure/suspense tale with a strong heroine, an unusual cast of characters, and an interesting historical setting.
Submitted by Mimi
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Memoir
A touching laugh-out-loud memoir by a terrific writer and mother as she struggles to come to terms with her own cancer and her father's. It's the author's story about family and growing into adulthood told in a breezy delightful style.
Submitted by Queen of the Hop
Memoir
A touching laugh-out-loud memoir by a terrific writer and mother as she struggles to come to terms with her own cancer and her father's. It's the author's story about family and growing into adulthood told in a breezy delightful style.
Submitted by Queen of the Hop
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Memoir
Perhaps you have to be a person of a certain age but I loved this book. I didn't grow up in Iowa in the Depression but so much that happened in this book was very familiar to me. It was like stepping back in time. Young people would probably call it "the olden days" but my they were fun. Take a step back in time and enjoy a delightful book about what life was like growing up on a farm in the Midwest.
Submitted by Queen of the Hop
Memoir
Perhaps you have to be a person of a certain age but I loved this book. I didn't grow up in Iowa in the Depression but so much that happened in this book was very familiar to me. It was like stepping back in time. Young people would probably call it "the olden days" but my they were fun. Take a step back in time and enjoy a delightful book about what life was like growing up on a farm in the Midwest.
Submitted by Queen of the Hop
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