2012 | Hanover Evening Sun

Fairy Tales Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've read several versions of many of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales; since I also read Danish, I can confirm that this is definitely the closest to his style of any translation I've ever seen. Nothing is added, nothing is omitted, and all his unique strangeness shines through in English at last....

Anarchy and Old Dogs (Soho Crime) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Anarchy and Old Dogs" is Colin Cotterill's fourth investigation of Dr. Siri Paiboun, the national coroner of Laos. As with the previous three, it is set in 1977, about two years after the revolution delivered Laos into Communist hands. The wily and wiry Dr. Siri was in his youth a revolutionary firebrand,...

Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book may be history, but it reads like a novel. The authors have obviously done a lot of interviewing- more than 400- and it really shows. They have woven a story that's hard to put down. My only knowledge of the "Bataan Death March' was from the movies. This is some story. They take you to the...

The North Atlantic Coast (Stories from Where We Live) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This anthology is a collection of stories rooted in the North Atlantic Coast, beginning with Newfoundland. It includes the genres of poetry, short story, fiction and creative non fiction. Intended as a teaching tool for children, I found the book to be compelling in the imagery it evoked, particularly...

The Last Girl: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'll give this novel three stars for effort, but that's about it. Collishaw tries to piece together a story that spans three generations of Vilnius, hoping to make some sense of the Holocaust which took place in Lithuania. Only problem is that it took him some 170 pages to finally get around to the heart...

Myths and Legends Explained (Annotated Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am hooked on myths, fables, and legends. Stories and myths pre-date language and have been revealed on the walls of caves. We are seemingly hard wired for these myths which deal with our lives and our deaths. Every one of us is a story. The themes of these myths and legends are universal.They are the...

Why Mermaids Sing: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I enjoyed the first two books in this series and found this one even better than the others. (It's not necessary to read them in order, although it can help with some background elements.)Sebastian St. Cyr, Lord Devlin, already weary from recent experiences with death and secrets in his past, as well...

Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources - Volume 3 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This anthology will certainly be an essential support for the beginner and a significant source of information for the advanced student, but insufficient for the accomplished scholar. Scientific study of written sources would require the full quotation of the original text, or at least of the essential...

Singularity Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I had no idea what to expect from Singularity written by new author Bill DeSmedt. After reading the blurbs from the likes of Kevin Anderson (Dune: Battle of Corrin) and Greg Bear (Darwin's Radio), I had to give it a try. What a great ride! The novel is gripping from the very beginning. It has spies,...

The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The greatest American inventor, most would agree, was Thomas Alva Edison, but it may be that his greatest invention was himself, as image in the newspapers and as "Thomas A. Edison", a phrase that was an important addition to any marketable gadget. In _The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Edison Invented...

How Sweet the Sound Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Thinking How Sweet the Sound by George Beverly Shea would be a good book to have because of all the wonderful songs special to this great man,turned out to be much more than I had imagined. This great book has now found it's way along side of my Bible in my devotional time. It is perfect for me as I...

Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Murder in Vegas" is an interesting anthology of short stories set in and around Las Vegas, all of which contain a murder. The similarity between the stories stops there, with the authors choosing a number of plot lines to tell their tale. We have stories of desperate gamblers, beautiful show girls,...

The Satanic Verses Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Being a Moslem, and having recently returned from an extended stay in India, I read The Satanic Verses with keen interest and found that both of these experiences contributed immensely to my enjoyment of this complex work. It was a clever showcase of Rushdie's typically brilliant prose, and a thoroughly...

A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If Martin Booth's new novel A VERY PRIVATE GENTLEMAN is a bestseller, expect Italy to become a highly popular tourist destination. His narrator, an international criminal, spends the novel alternately enticing you to join him high in the Italian Apennines and cautiously warning you from trying to find...

Once An Eagle: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Anton Myrer, a former U.S. Marine, has written the all-time greatest novel of a soldier's life of service. The protagonist, Sam Damon, was commissioned on the battlefield but never forgot his simple and honorable roots as a citizen and enlisted man. He lived a life of dedicated service, loyal to his...

The Crossing Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It begins as an innocent story of two young brothers, Billy Parham, 16 and Boyd Parham, 14 giving food to an Indian. Billy and Boyd live on a ranch with their parents in New Mexico and are required to help with the work there. One of Billies tasks is to trap a wolf who is attacking and killing their...

Russian Winter: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a while. The story was lovely in its simplicity, every description dripping with meaning without being overly sentimental or pedantic. The whole way through I marveled at the language. Despite its length, the book moved at a swift pace....