By Kathleen Dean Moore Trumpeter, $15.95, 195 pages In the introduction to this book, Kathleen Dean Moore states that she originally intended to write a book about what makes people happy. Then, life intervened, and Moore faced a rapid series of deaths of those to whom she was close. Wild Comfort results from Moore’s experience [...]
By Margaret Gajek, Derek Galon Ozone Zone Books, $44.95, 301 pages Houses are not just places of security, or places with beds and kitchens and living rooms, they are expressions of the life around us, what we want out if it, and what we are afraid of being too close to. My passion for exotic [...]
By Running Press, Editor Running Press, $22.95, 480 pages In collaborating with chefs or foodies, the unanimous answer to my question of “what ingredient can’t you live without?” is cheese. This dairy product is a staple component of many award-winning dishes worldwide and brings people from different social classes and cultures to one table. Cheese [...]
By Paul Provenza, Dan Dion It Books, $29.99, 345 pages George Carlin. Stephen Colbert. P.J. O’Rourke. The Smothers Brothers. Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Lizz Winstead. Judd Apatow. Mike Nichols. Bill Maher. Henry Rollins. Cheech & Chong. Margaret Cho. Lily Tomlin. The Upright Citizens Brigade. Robin Williams. Lewis Black. Penn Jillette. A hitlist of some [...]
By Wendy Stehling Tarcher, $7.95, 92 pages Back in the 80’s, a phenomenal self-help, exercise book landed on the best seller list and remained there for over a year and with good reason. Well, that same book is back, new and improved, with updated and relevant advice for thinner thighs in thirty days. Thin Thighs [...]
By Ben Huh Grand Central Publishing, $12.00, 192 pages Look at those big liquid eyes. Just impossible to resist. Don’t you wish sometimes you could read your dog’s thoughts? I Has a Hotdog is a hilarious collection of color pictures of pooches and captions that’ll remove all doubt that if dogs could talk, they’d be [...]
By Rosalind Creasy Tuttle, $24.95, 208 pages Rosalind Creasy is one of the leaders in the edible landscaping movement, and her latest cookbook, Recipes From the Garden, is another welcome addition to any foodie’s library. This book is full of meal ideas that will appeal to meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, with an exciting array of [...]
By William Furlong Phaidon Press, $39.95, 272 pages Audio Arts captured the voice of artists around the world since the mid-1970s. Moving beyond the conventional interview, now you could actually hear the artist speak, the inflection, intonation, humorous or serious. It was a change to how artists communicated and a new way for everyone else [...]
By Jeanette Hurt and Jaclyn Stuart Alpha Books, $16.95, 256 pages Like many novice wine tasters, I must admit that this growing popularity of wine and food pairing has been quite intimidating. Jacyln Stuart and Jeanette Hurt have done a thorough research on wine itself, food that goes along with or against the wine, food [...]
By Saly A. Glassman FT Press, $19.99, 215 pages Saly Glassman, Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch, authored this investment strategy manuscript It’s About More Than the Money. Ms. Glassman is more than qualified to write a book on investments, with her 30 plus years of financial services experience and investments of over $2 billion [...]
By Chely Wright Pantheon, $25.95, 288 pages Country music–the music of America. It speaks of traditional values and American values. So what happens to the world of country music when one of its biggest stars twists those values upside down? You get Like Me, Chely Wright’s personal journey and struggle of being gay in the [...]
By Justin Halpern It Books, $15.99, 158 pages Stop what you’re doing. Run–don’t walk–to your bookstore or your computer and buy Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern now. Now!!! If you’re smart, you’re not even reading the rest of this review because you’re already reading the book, but if you’re a bit slow, let [...]
By James Horn The Basic Book Group, $26.00, 304 pages Before Plymouth there was Roanoke, and Roanoke, specifically what exactly happened there, has always been shrouded in mystery. But this latest book to examine the history of England’s first colony in the New World casts new light on the subject, and does so with substance [...]
By Yosses, Bill Norton, $35.00, 286 pages Now, who wouldn’t want to finish off a meal with a sweet that most likely has been relished by the President? If it is good enough for the chief of our great country, then it must be good enough for our tables. World famous chef, AKA the White [...]
By Bernd Heinrich Harvard University Press, $29.95, 337 pages “For most humans as for birds, love is not continuous nor does it last forever.” Reminiscent of the stories of Konrad Lorenz, the animal naturalist famous for his studies of imprinting, Bernd Heinrich carefully scrutinizes the animals within his environment and attempts to relate their behavior [...]
By Heather Cox Richardson The Basic Book Group, $28.95, 363 pages Westward expansion, big business, and partisan politics ruled post-Civil War America. Under a Republican-backed system of tariffs, big business thrived, raising food prices for the working poor. To remain in power at a time when senators were selected by state legislators, Republicans secured party [...]
