Reviews

Review of GRANT

Chernow reimagines yet another famous American ... after over 900 pages, Grant's legacy is movingly and honestly reshaped.

Sep 10, 2024 •

Review of HELLO BEAUTIFUL

Go ahead ... judge this book by its cover

Apr 26, 2024 •

Review of JAMES

Jim rescues Huck

Apr 25, 2024 •

Review of NUCLEAR WAR

The book should have a warning label ...

Apr 17, 2024 •

Review of SMOKE AND ASHES

The story of the 19th century Opium trade ... history certainly does rhyme

Apr 17, 2024 •

Review of THE MANIAC

As brilliant and difficult as its subject, the book will change how you sit in the world.

Dec 6, 2023 •

Review of A MANUAL for CLEANING WOMEN

A breathtaking posthumous collection of short stories by Lucia Berlin - a women whose picaresque life generated literary genius.

Dec 6, 2023 •

Review of THE FRAUD

A great, blisteringly funny confusion of a book where nothing and nobody, including the reader, stands on firm ground.

Dec 6, 2023 •

Review of AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY

A provocative book that tells a sadly unfamiliar story that we refuse to listen to.

Dec 6, 2023 •

A book for this moment in time ...

An insightful, deeply relevant history of a journalist and his deep awareness of the Greater Middle East ...

Oct 30, 2023 •

Review of THE LAST RANGER

Another well crafted mystery set in the Big West that has something to say ...

Oct 30, 2023 •

Review of OUT STEALING HORSES

A crystalline portrait of what we think we know ...

Oct 4, 2023 •

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