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Fun Facts Friday: Libraries

Whether you are rich or poor, edu­cated or not and no mat­ter to which polit­i­cal party you donated to, you…

13 years ago

Book Review: A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer

A Fierce Radiance makes penicillin interesting. Spies, sex, big money, scrupulous industrialists, incorruptible scientist as well as corruptible ones.

13 years ago

Book Review: Field Gray by Philip Kerr

The past of Bernie Gunther catches up with in 1954 Cuba while doing work for mobster boss Meyer Lansky. Even…

13 years ago

Book Review: 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan

This is an enjoyable book which was hard to categorize. A bit historical fiction, a bit mystery &court room drama…

13 years ago

Book Review: Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

This isn’t a great work of fiction, the adjectives are numerous and sprinkled around generously – but it’s a fun,…

13 years ago

Book Review: The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld

“The Death Instinct” by Jed Rubenfeld is a fictional thriller set in the 1920’s. The book centers around the historical…

13 years ago

Book Review: Kingdom Under Glass by Jay Kirk

Jay Kirk has done the impossible, Kingdom Under Glass is a book about a taxidermist not only interesting, but entertaining…

14 years ago

Book Review: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

Tells the story of the 38 commercial flights, diverted away from the US due to closure of the 9/11, to…

14 years ago

Book Review: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

A series of written short stories which ultimately get intertwined, around Philippe Petit stringing a cable between the two towers…

14 years ago

Book Review: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone is a glorious family / medical saga covering multiple generations and locations. Marion, the narrator, is an…

14 years ago

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