‘The Wright Brothers’
The Wright Brothers, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and an airplane. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Not so, and David McCullough dispels that notion within the first few pages. Orville and Wilbur [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Book Review
Posted August 05, 2015in Book Review
‘New Prairie Kitchen’
A rich collection of recipes from real-life foodies all over the Midwest, this collection is a tremendous mix of stories, advice and lessons from the people who know real food [...]
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Posted July 29, 2015in Book Review
‘The Cherry Harvest’
Featured as one of this month’s Midwest Connections picks, “The Cherry Harvest” is a coming-of-age novel and love story set in Door County, Wisconsin, during World War II, around the [...]
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Posted July 22, 2015in Book Review
‘The Seven Good Years’
Internationally known Israeli writer Keret, an award-winning author of short stories, graphic novels and screen plays, offers his first book of non-fiction, “The Seven Good Years.” His touching, insightful memoir [...]
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Posted July 15, 2015in Book Review
‘How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking’
Would anyone other than a mathematician pick up a book about math to read for pleasure? Perhaps not, but even those not mathematically inclined will find plenty to enjoy in [...]
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Posted July 08, 2015in Book Review
‘The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey’
When Rinker Buck was a young boy in the 1950s, his father took him on a covered wagon trip “to see America slowly.” That trip was the seed that led [...]
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Posted July 01, 2015in Book Review
‘The Perfection of the Paper Clip’
Stationery and history — this is sure to be a big hit for stationery aficionados. Those various items you find on your desk every day, how did they come to [...]
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Posted June 24, 2015in Book Review
‘East of West Volume 4: Who Wants War?’
Comic books have been a lot more than cavorting caped crusaders and kitschy kids for decades now, yet serious artists and writers who go beyond superheroes and cartoons don’t always [...]
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Posted June 17, 2015in Book Review
‘At the Water’s Edge’
Fantastical monsters, the Scottish Highlands, a complicated romance, and the events of World War II are all included in this coming-of-age story and period novel, “At the Water’s Edge,” written [...]
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Posted June 10, 2015in Book Review
‘Jesus Cow’
Michael Perry’s first adult novel takes place in the small rural town of Swivel, Wisconsin. Forty-something Harley is a bachelor living alone on the remaining 15 acres of his parents’ [...]
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