November 2011 | Hanover Evening Sun

Gardening Step by Step Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a hefty, sizeable book that shows large, lush gardens and mature plants for the most part.The majority of plants are called by their Latin names, rather than their common names which is good for proper identification, but which does not make for easy reading.The book contains a great deal of...

Bunny Williams' Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was fortunate enough to see Miss Williams give a lecture on this book, complete with slideshow presentation. It was a delight to hear this funny and engaging woman relay the stories behind these interiors. That personal touch doesnt really come through in the book. It's telling that the most interesting...

Gold from the Land of Israel: A New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion from the Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Rav Chanan Morrison has been writing Divrei Torah on the weekly Torah Portion inspired by Rav Kook's many Seforim (Religious Books) for years. You can sign up for his weekly newsletter on his website (RavKook-DOT-n3-DOT-net).Every week he brings down a couple brilliant insights from Rav Kook's Torah,...

G. K. Chesterton: A Biography Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)GKC, a great man, knew how to discuss all topics elegantly and (the first) with no spin. An important book to add to your library. I have not yet read the entire masterpiece, but so far so very entertaining.Click Here to see more reviews about: G. K. Chesterton: A BiographyGet 24% OFFClick here for more...

Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a must for anyone who has an affinity for the moon or who has children who love the moon. It's the perfect transition from "Goodnight, Moon" to stories from around the world with different connotations of the moon and with amazing illustrations. Definitely a book to grow with.Click Here...

Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Everybody knows who Cupid is, right? He's the chubby little guy in diapers, who shoots people with arrows and makes them fall in love. Or at least that's how we picture him. I assume he probably wore diapers at some point, but this isn't that story. If you've ever read or studied any mythology, you know...

Total Design: Contemplate, Cleanse, Clarify, and Create Your Personal Spaces Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)From the lush photographs, it's obvious that Clodagh's usual design client is not the likes of me (a student). The photos and text detail the author's design process for people such as Robert Redford and recording studio executives, who naturally have somewhat larger budgets than my own, and live in...

The Notebook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Nicholas Sparks has become famous for writing the sweet and tender love story that appeals to the romantic in all of us. He doesn't disappoint with "The Notebook" as he weaves the tale of two teenagers, Noah and Allie, who meet one fateful summer and fall in love. Since the course of true love is never...

Bone Idle Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Suzette A. Hill's Bone Idle is the third in the series featuring the cat Maurice, Bouncer the dog, and the Reverend Francis Oughterad, all of whom were introduced in A Load of Old Bones. If you have not read A Load of Old Bones and second in the series, Bones in the Belfry, please do so before reading...

Gustav Mahler, Vol. 4: A New Life Cut Short, 1907-1911 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This final installment of Henry-Louis de La Grange's massive four volume biography advances the idea that Mahler was not a death-driven broken man in his final years; rather he was about to embark on a "new life" that was cut short by an unexpected illness. Thus the unfinished 10th Symphony should be...

Argentina Handbook, 5th: Tread Your Own Path (Footprint Argentina Handbook) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There was a day when Rough Guide and Lonely Planet were the best guides for travelers that sought to leave the tour groups behind and explore on their own. But slowly, year by year, Footprint has improved, and now this 4th edition is one of the best guides for Argentina that you can buy. *Note that...

American Assassin: A Thriller Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have read all of Vince Flynn's works about Mitch Rapp and found this one to be the link that I had been waiting for. We have learned how lethal Mitch can be, how different he is from all the rest because of raw talent in the world of espionage. But where did he come from? How did he get to be the best?The...

Little Bee: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Honestly I don't know what people are thinking when they market books anymore. The blurb on this book would have you believe that it's not only a laugh riot -- except for the beach scene which is "horrific" -- but that it's so remarkably written and in some way so easy to spoil that it all but swears...

Zen: The Perfect Companion (Perfect Companions) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Not surprisingly, this book is little known to most students of Zen who through the years have come to love the Korean Zen master Seung Sahn. This is possibly due to having been published in April of 2003, or the lack of acknowledgement of Seung Sahn in the write-ups you find of the book. The face of...

Planetwalker: How to Change Your World One Step at a Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Witnessing a tragedy has often been the catalyst that changed someone's life and sent them in a direction that would ultimately be a force for good in the world. Such is the case of John Francis, who witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 1971. He was so moved by the consequences of the spill...

The DeValera Deception Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are only a few authors who can create readable, believable historical fiction, and there are even fewer who can create a page-turning thriller within that genre.The father and son writing team of Michael and Patrick McMenamin are definitely the exception. With The De Valera Deception, the first...

The Eye of Odin Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)At a time when current literature seems surfeited with either fantasy or self-indulgent whingers, it's a delight to encounter a good fictional account of historical figures. Larson, reaching deep into the past, retrieves the Norse hero, Erik the Red. In school we learned of Erik's Atlantic journeys,...