Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, comes out June 24. It's another scathing look at contemporary society. Ehrenreich is an incisive critic and this book is a must-read for anyone with a social conscience.And what's better than a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich? How about the chance … Continue reading Barbara Ehrenreich Is Coming to Town
Tempest in a Teacup
Simon Winchester, the author of Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883 and The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, is out with a new book, The Man Who Loved China. In it he tells the story of "an avid … Continue reading Tempest in a Teacup
Little Shop On the Prairie
Yankton, South Dakota's Press & Dakotan newspaper profiles Teresa Jacobson, who has just opened Books & Beans, a new and used bookstore in the town. The store also sells coffee, baked goods, and used video games.If you're in the area, stop in and support a new, independent bookstore.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 