For a very long time, I had a list of five authors whose books I would buy, in hardcover, as soon as they were published.  Kim Stanley Robinson was (and still is) on that short list as his books have never disappointed. One of the aspects of his work that I like so much is… Continue reading

We like to think that the scandalous behavior we see in the Netflix series, Bridgerton, is the folly of a writer’s imagination (specifically that of Julia Quinn, author of the book series). But fiction so often can’t hold a candle to the truth. Author Catherine Curzon does a deep dive in Britain’s lascivious history and shares… Continue reading

The nineteenth century … a boring time for civilization, right? Literature was dry and unimaginative. Entertainment was stodgy theatre or the comics in the newspapers. This is how we generally look back a little more than a century, isn’t it? Historian and essayist Joachim Kalka looks at the 19th Century through a series of essays… Continue reading

I am, admittedly, a sucker for just about anything related to our National Parks and National Forests system – especially books – so this immediately caught my attention. Author Greg M. Peters offers some insight to various aspects of our (U.S.) National Forests system.  Peters has had a long career with the Forests – though… Continue reading