August 2012 | Hanover Evening Sun

Lee's Terrible Swift Sword: From Antietam to Chancellorsville: An Eyewitness History Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the best books I have read about the Civil War. This book takes you right into the battles from Antietam to Chancellorsville.I love the maps and illustrations. This book is an eyewitness account of these battles. I would highly reccomend this book to History and Civil War Buffs.Click Here...

May Sarton: Selected Letters, 1915-1954 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Sarton was a master of the art of letter-writing. The notes are useful, the editing is superb, and Sarton shines through as a rare, passionate, and exacting friend and lover. My only complaint is that this volume is "selected," not "complete." I'm looking forward to Susan Sherman's next presentation...

The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a historically accurate, compassionate and insightful look at a fascinating couple who committed robberies in 1923-24. She was pregnant and fashionable and he was the mastermind. Together, they set both the Police Department and the population of NYC on their ears. They were fast, gutsy...

Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction (Interface) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I had the privilege of attending a one year seminar on Narrative Analysis by Professor Michael Toolan, and compared with that lively and exciting experience, the book he wrote more than ten years before seems to lack something. It seems a bit on the dry side, but that's besides the point: You are probably...

On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Michael and Ariane Batterby have given us, in ON THE TOWN IN NEW YORK, a fairly comprehensive look at New Yorkers doing what they do best: eating and partying. I appreciate the earlier reviewer's complaint about historical inaccuracies--he's right, they are BIG errors. However, as a serious investigation...

Singapore Children's Favorite Stories Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What attracted me to this book is LK Tay-Auodard's absolutely wonderful illustrations. They are simply breathtaking. Then I read the story and Di Taylor does an amazing job. Her prose is effortlessly flawless and she draws the reader in to eacha nd everyone of these stories with the skill of a master...

Sing, Stranger: A Century of American Yiddish Poetry-A Historical Anthology Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Thank you, Harshav and Harshav, for your work! This is a wonderful collection, well-translated and with excellent introductions and biographies of the poets. I am a graduate student studying Yiddish literature, and often recommend this book to friends. Hopefully a paperback edition will someday be published...Click...

From Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Air Force During the Border War Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In the southwestern region of Africa from 1966 to 1989 a bloody border war took place in Angola and Namibia. A key aspect of the conflict was the use of military air power. "From Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Air Force During The Border War" by Brigadier General Dick Lord has written a comprehensive...

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)While I did find this book painful to read, I am very glad I stayed with it. Ishmael tells his story in casual language, almost as if he were sitting next to you, sharing his experiences over (many cups of) tea. He relays his life to us chronologically, beginning in his home village. He and some friends...

The Black Prism (Lightbringer) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent book. While I had issues with the Night Angel series (assassins were essentially supermen in that world), the plot, plot twists, and some of the characterization was good enough to add him to my list of authors to read.The Black Prism, well, is even better. Fantastic world building, good magic...

Writing the Rails: Train Adventures By the World's Best-Loved Writers Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found this a very good book, even though I skipped through several selections.First of all,this is not a book about the lore of Railroading.If it were, it would have been about the people who operated and serviced these wonderful trains.I knew many Railroaders and their jobs were much more than a job,it...

Rain Gods: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)And, for the most part, succeeds. If Burke doesn't twist and torture and then so beautifully reassemble passages in McCarthy's unique version of the English language, he is certainly no rookie when it comes to spinning his own brand of moody, atmospheric prose never too far a field from Faulkner's steamy...

Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays and a Bibliography Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have a hunch that it would take some doing to get these same contributors -- towering literary figures all -- together between any two other book covers. Their essays provide thoughtful insight into O'Brian's writing. They allow me to better understand why I instinctively liked it from the start.In...

Trout Madness Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book relates simple tales of a lawyer gone mad with trout fishing. What is so unique about this book is the simplicity in the stories told, they feel so close to the heart that the reader can almost touch them. Reading this book will show you how to appreciate the simple things in life and to take...

Walking After Midnight: One Woman's Journey Through Murder, Justice & Forgiveness Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In a world where an "eye for an eye," and a "tooth for a tooth" is often the law of the land, it is a welcomed relief to read a book about forgiveness and reconciliation, especially after a horrendous act of murder. A young man who was drunk at the time brutally and senselessly murdered Katy Hutchinson's...

The Significant Seven (Jack Doyle Mysteries) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Significant Seven provides a fine Jack Doyle mystery and is set in 2002, when seven friends get together for horse racing - and hit the jackpot. When their leader convinces them to use some of their largess to buy race horses - where they get lucky again - trouble reaches years later into 2009, when...

Of Prairie, Woods, and Water: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In writing his magnificent Natural History of the Chicago Region, Joel Greenberg came across many interesting writings from early settlers. He put these aside and searched for additional writings after his Natural History of the Chicago Region was published. He assembled the writings in this volume....