Non-Fiction
Psychogeography
The cover is frantic with mixed fonts, a scratchy US flag, an atomic symbol and a jagged rendition of a split personality (or maybe two people of like mind) having one pair of legs and diverging into two upper bodies and heads. This was so weird I thought I just had to have a look.
Psychogeography [...]
Think Smart
I just finished the book, Think Smart: A Neuroscientist’s Prescription for Improving Your Brain’s Performance by Richard Restak, M.D. It was an easy to read, practical and extremely informative book which left me with a variety of tools to try out to increase my brain fitness.
Dr. Restak poses the question: ““What should I do to keep my brain [...]
Around The House And In The Garden
Divorce is the end of something that was once special and the aftermath of it is a time that must be used to rediscover one’s life. I picked up the book Around The House And In The Garden (2002. ANF 306.89 BRO) by Dominique Browning to see how her home and garden helped her to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Film Club : A True Story Of A Father And Son
David Gilmour is pretty brave to write about the three years he and his son spent watching and discussing movies. The Film Club : A True Story Of A Father And Son (2007. Biography. ANF 819.354) is a read that I almost did not finish.
This book might not be your cup of tea at all, [...]
The 10 Best Of Everything : Families, An Ultimate Guide For Travelers by Susan H. Magsamen
Travel is an adventure away from everyday activities. Experiencing something new is keeping the travel industry strong.
National Geographic used to give us vicarious travel through its pages, but now that we are actually going to the places profiled in the magazine, the Society has produced The 10 Best Of Everything : Families, An Ultimate Guide [...]
Don’t Go There! The Travel Detective’s Essential Guide To The Must-Miss Places Of The World
I am sure I am not the only one who has wished there was a book to warn me about travel don’ts. Peter Greenberg, the travel editor for the Today show, must have heard me and sat right down to write Don’t Go There! The Travel Detective’s Essential Guide To The Must-Miss Places Of The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Terrorists, Tornados, And Tsunamis : How To Prepare For Life’s Danger Zones
Even though Terrorists, Tornados, And Tsunamis : How To Prepare For Life’s Danger Zones by John C. Orndorff (2006. JNF 613.69 ORN) has been written for young people, it is an excellent book for all of us to look through.
Many books for adults are too wordy and sometimes not clear enough for us to get [...]
Cross Country
Road trips are exciting – the initial idea, the planning, the preparation, the flurry of departure, and the thrill of exploration. Cross Country by Robert Sullivan (2006. ANF 917.30493 SUL) is a memoir of all his annual cross-country summer treks with his family from Oregon to New York.
The subtitle actually describes the book as well [...]
Knitting With Balls : A Hands-On Guide To Knitting For The Modern Man
I admit it, I opened up and had a look at Knitting With Balls : A Hands-On Guide To Knitting For The Modern Man by Michael del Vecchio (2008. ANF 746.432041 DEL). I did it in the privacy of my office so was not observed flipping through the pages and marking projects I might like [...]
The Stuff Of Thought : Language As A Window Into Human Nature
Steve Pinker’s book The Stuff Of Thought : Language As A Window Into Human Nature (2007. ANF 401 PIN) caught my eye with its cover art of line drawings of a whole jumble of things that presumably are co-existing in someone’s head. I thought to myself, here is someone who understands the mind and its [...]
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