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About Gainsborough: A Portrait
The Guardian : Gainsborough by James Hamilton review – the painter’s secret sauciness (August 17, 2017)But what he does suggest in this astute yet generous book is that there is a third element to the painter’s life that explains why he continued with a branch of art that he maintained bored him.
$ 13.99
About Morningstar: Growing Up with Books
Bookreporter : Morningstar: Growing Up With Books (August 12, 2017)Steinbeck once encouraged aspiring writers to 'spread a page with shining.' Ann Hood has certainly done just that with this slim but substantial book. It would not surprise me if MORNINGSTAR sends many readers in search of their favorite books for another read.
$ 18.00
About The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen
Bookreporter : The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen (July 29, 2017)The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is, plain and simple, a hoot. The old coot’s humor comes out on every page, as does his kind and gentle heart.
$ 13.99
About Lights On, Rats Out
Bookreporter : Lights On, Rats Out: A Memoir (August 05, 2017)A brave and honest memoir.... Lights On, Rats Out is quite sad and piercingly smart, making for an unforgettable read.
$ 25.00
About Chester B. Himes: A Biography
SF Gate : ‘Chester B. Himes: A Biography,’ by Lawrence P. Jackson (July 28, 2017)Jackson’s “Chester B. Himes” is an insightful study of an exceptional storyteller.
$ 25.58
About Lights On, Rats Out
The New York Times : An Odyssey Through Self-Harm and Out the Other Side (July 24, 2017)This is a courageous and unsettling memoir, infused with humor as well as pain, and marked throughout by a survivor’s wry insight.
$ 25.00
About Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight
The Guardian : M by Henry Hemming review – the fascist spymaster of MI5 (July 20, 2017)Whatever its provenance, however, this is a terrific book, well researched and superbly written.
$ 18.99
About In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult
The Guardian : In the Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott – escaping a fundamentalist Christian sect (July 27, 2017)Stott deploys her multiplicity of skills to good effect: as a historian, she delves into newspaper clippings, tape recordings, archive materials, a host of memoirs and books on doctrine, theology and the Exclusive Brethren.
$ 13.99
Ultimately, maybe Mastromonaco felt that she had no choice but to self-muzzle, keeping Obama and his administration at (sainted) arm’s length, making what could have been an intriguing memoir something of a disappointment.
$ 13.99
About Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
Bookconscious : Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching by Mychal Denzel Smith (July 01, 2017)If you read nothing else this summer, read Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching.
$ 3.99
About Dirty Wars and Polished Silver: The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix
Kirkus Reviews : Dirty Wars and Polished Silver (July 18, 2017)What could have been another average cathartic memoir becomes a page-turner thanks to lucid writing and thrilling storytelling.
$ 21.99
About Queen of Bebop
NPR : 'Queen Of Bebop' Is A Welcome Look At Sarah Vaughan's Legendary Career (July 08, 2017)Queen of Bebop explores the hard choices of many a jazz singer when rock 'n roll began stealing audience focus, relying on a variety of performers to shed light on Vaughan's mindset.
$ 14.99
About The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered
The New York Times : A Handshake With Kennedy, and a Boy’s Tumultuous Year (July 04, 2017)It’s an arguable premise, I suppose, but Taylor’s remembering is fierce enough to sell it. His brush with history has the breath of life.
$ 11.99
About Hunger
The Globe and Mail : Review: Roxane Gay's Hunger is a profoundly honest account of what it’s like to be a woman of size (June 16, 2017)Our bodies are our stories. With Hunger, Gay takes the parts she didn’t get to write and turns them into something vigorous.
$ 12.99
About Footnotes
The Guardian : Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human by Vybarr Cregan-Reid – review (June 28, 2017)Overflowing with ideas from science and philosophy, rich in literary allusions and filled with evocative descriptions of the landscapes he has run through, this is a wonderfully subtle and ambitious book.
$ 12.99
About But Seriously
The Guardian : But Seriously: An Autobiography by John McEnroe review – chalk dust to stardust (July 04, 2017)And so McEnroe rehashes many of the stories from the first autobiography and adds in tales from the seniors circuit. But again, does anyone really care about the seniors circuit?
$ 14.99
About Another Kind of Madness
Bookreporter : Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness (July 01, 2017)The highest distinction of Another Kind of Madness is the realistic, empathetic portrayal of the author’s father --- a respected professor --- and the struggle through the mental illness he lived with.
$ 12.99
About Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean
Kirkus Reviews : Shark Drunk (June 18, 2017)Whether the author is opining on mass extinctions, the importance of plankton, the history of lighthouses, or the epicurean treat of boiled cod tongues, readers will happily devour this smorgasbord of delights.
$ 13.99
About Hunger
SF Gate : ‘Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body,’ by Roxane Gay (June 09, 2017)Gay says hers is not a success story because it’s not the weight-loss story our culture demands, but her breaking of her own silence, her movement from shame and self-loathing toward honoring and forgiving and caring for herself, is in itself a profound victory.
$ 12.99
About The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
SF Gate : ‘The Stranger in the Woods,’ by Michael Finkel (June 09, 2017)In his fascinating story, Michael Finkel not only wrests quotes from the reluctant hermit, he comes up with a number of quotable lines of his own.
$ 12.99