June 2012 | Hanover Evening Sun

The Redeemed: A Jenny Cooper Mystery Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First Sentence: Jenny was drinking cordial by the stream at the end of her overgrown garden, watching a school of tiny brown trout flick this way and that, quick as lightning.District Coroner Jenny Cooper is asked by Father Lucus Starr to look into the death of Eve Donaldson, an ex-porn star who professed...

War and Peace (Modern Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ever since I was a teen (I'm 51) I tried reading War and Peace. The furthest I ever got was something like Page 80. Six summers ago, I thought, what the heck, give it another shot. After Page 100 or so, the book picked up steam, and I was absolutely awed as I've seldom been by all the great books I've...

The Still Point: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This novel is so beautifully written and so evocative that reading it was almost a sensual pleasure. The author's knack for description brings sounds, scents, and sights alive and reminded me of pleasures I haven't contemplated in years (the feel of wood under bare feet, for instance.) It's been several...

The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Readers of Larkin's excellent letters will have come across frequent complaints about his 'Oxford Book of Two Cent Verse' as he dismissivly calls it. Although he found the task of producing it onerous, it's very good -- if one accepts it for what it is.Anthologies, having limited space, make a choice...

William Faulkner : Novels 1930-1935 : As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Light in August, Pylon (Library of America) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There is nothing quantitative in this volume that you can't get in other editions of Faulkner's work; however, the Library of America copy is to be strongly commended for the clarity of its typeface, its sturdy cloth-bound hardcover, and its designed ability to *lie flat* at each page. The only fault...

Divine Comedy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I must confess that the large format makes reading the formal translations a bit easier on the eyes. The volume also includes a preface and section introductions/interpretations in contemporary english which make the text much more approachable. And the woodcut illustrations are simply gorgeous - it's...

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Books of Wonder) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I liked the story of Dr. Dolittle. However I would like to warn modern readers, that the full version of this book is Racist. So the Editors have carefully changed the story of the African Chief who wished to become Cacausion in appearance to one where he wishes to become a lion. Now, I agree that the...

Peter and the Sword of Mercy (Starcatchers) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I loved, loved, loved this book! I was so excited that the authors had gone ahead and written a part 4, and it was in no way a disappointment. The adventure was uniquely different from the other books in the series, and there was lots of action and many sinister characters. Thanks for another wonderful...

The Message Distressed Black Lthr-Lk HB Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)i bought this Bible for my grandma as a christmas gift. she wanted to have this version to read along at church when the preacher uses it in his sermons. i flipped thru it but didn't realize until she told me...other message Bibles all have the verses written out in paragraph form. my own Bible is this...

The Sword in the Stone Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Sword in the Stone" is the must-read book of Arthuriana, an imaginative fantasy romp that has inspired all our ideas about the venerable Merlin and about King Arthur's boyhood. White infuses the book with whimsy, poignancy, and a mixture of early 20th-century England and medieval times.Sir Ector's ward...

NIV Holy Bible Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the only Kindle Bible I have found (including free Bibles from non Amazon sources) which has a full table of contents. Each Book is easily accessed from the TOC and there is a clickable numeric list of chapters in each book when you open it.I don't understand how T.Heyn could have misread this....

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings (Library of America) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)J.D. McClatchy here presents a thoughtful selection of Longfellow's verse. Although ignored by contemporary readers and dismissed by the academy, Longfellow is a wrtier who, though never profound, is sincere, engaging, accessible, and humble--qualities rarely associated with modern poetry. It is difficult...

The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For purposes of full disclosure, allow me to say, first off, that I'm a practicing Catholic Christian of the Latin Rite, whose previous experience as a teacher of the English Language Arts will hopefully provide a unique perspective regarding the offerings of this particular Bible. I've been in possession...

The Love of My Youth: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If ever you've considered revisiting the lost love of your youth...or have actually done it, then this is without question a book I think you'll want to read and will long remember.Superbly constructed and beautifully written by master storyteller Mary Gordon, this is the tale of Miranda, now an epidemiologist,...

New and Selected Poems, Volume One Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Every poem in this book is a gem, and the collection made me want to read her complete works. While this is definitely not "religious poetry" of the greeting card variety, it is an expression of a deep spiritual awareness. Oliver's poems often reveal an amazement and wonder at being alive. Poetic skill...

The Sea Around Us Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wow!!! It is amazing that this book is over 50 years old. As a high school student, I had to read this book for Ecology. Rachel Carson's book is an eye-opener. It was some 50 years ago. And, it still is. "The Sea Around Us" is truly a classic. Carson gives us all an insight on what would happen if we...

Moss Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts, and Other Miniatures Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Impressively illustrated with glorious full color photographs of the many & various moods of moss gardening from a tilled sand Zen meditation complete with mossy stones to wild, serene woodlands carpeted with lush colonies glowing in slanting sunshine, this is one Edenesque read. If you know of anyone...