By Mark Chadbourn Pyr, $17.95, 415 pages Jack Churchill, known as Church, has no memory of his life prior to waking up in Cornwall during the Stone Age. Almost more surprising, he also finds himself wielding a sword of power – subsequently killing a giant with it – and joining a group of warriors called the
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By Joanne Palmisano W.W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 256 pages Often books on design are either practical and plain or only full of photographs with little guidance on how to create the same look in one’s own home. Salvage Secrets by Joanne Palmisano, with photographs by Susan Teare manages to be a design book with both. In
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By Georgia Bockoven William Morrow, $14.99, 416 pages This book could not be more aptly titled! Four sisters: Christina, Rachel, Ginger and Elizabeth had no idea each other existed. Each grew up with bitterness as they fantasized the life they did not have because of their missing father; a father they believed did not care for
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By Michael Hoskin Princeton University Press, $29.95, 238 pages It was a lot for one man to accomplish but William Herschel, the eighteenth century German-born polymath, achieved distinction three times over. Author Michael Hoskin weaves his biography with admiration and even affection, bringing together the personal and professional life of the composer, astronomer, and telescope maker
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By Scot Ritchie Kids Can Press, $16.95, 32 pages Building seems to be an innate fascination with some children. It might be blocks, Legos, tinkertoys, or K’nex. Some children cannot resist the lure of a pile of miscellaneous pieces. At the same time, it is the natural instinct of many parents to want to encourage and
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By Catherine Urdahl Charlesbridge Press, $7.95, 32 pages The first day of school can be scary, especially when you’re entering kindergarten. New rules, new people, and new personalities abound, and sometimes, not everyone gets along. How can you mend a class where everyone is struggling to fit in? Catherine Urdahl’s children’s book, Polka-dot Fixes Kindergarten, follows
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By Jane Yolen Random House Children’s Books, $16.99, 32 pages I grew up on a horse farm and could really relate to this beautiful rhyme. It was very musical and a book that you would love reading over and over again. It is the story of a mother horse that looks over her baby as she
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By Mary Pope Osborne Random House Children’s Books, $12.99, 112 pages Author Mary Pope Osborne saw the most beautiful site in her life many years ago. She was traveling in Agra, India and toured the Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world. Since that day she has longed to go back. Writing A Crazy
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By Martin Katahn, PhD W.W. Norton & Company, $15.95, 399 pages I’m the first to admit that I will try any diet. So far, most of them have failed but I’m always willing to try something new. That is why I was excited when I started to read The Rotation Diet by Martin Katahn. The concept behind
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By Jack Kerouac Da Capo Press, $23.00, 216 pages Adrift on the Island of Manhattan, nearly broke and wondering where all his money has gone, Wesley (Wes) finds himself with sixty-five cents in his pocket. Contemplating the loss of his eight hundred dollars, to drinking and one-night stands, he finds himself near Columbia University and hooks
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