We continue our occasional series of customer reviews with a write-up of Writing Places: the Life Journey of a Writer and TeacherWriting Places: the Life Journey of a Writer and TeacherPeeling away, year by year, all but essential layers of the proverbial onion, an author finds his truest self, bringing unexpected rewards. After 20-plus years … Continue reading Citizen Reviews: Writing Places
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No Man is an Island, but Some are Planets
Excerpt powerhouse Good Morning America has posted a long selection from Brent Jeffs' memoir Lost Boy. Jeffs is the nephew of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose compound in Texas was raided in April of 2008. Lost Boy tells of his expulsion from the FLDS.I'd known … Continue reading No Man is an Island, but Some are Planets
What’s on Your Plate?
Tom Standage will discuss his new book An Edible History of Humanity at Magers & Quinn Booksellers on Thursday, June 4, at 7:30pm. The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly charts how foods have transformed human culture through the ages. The book is a pithy, entertaining account of how … Continue reading What’s on Your Plate?
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