Biography – Page 3 – Looking For a Good Book

October 17, 2019

LITTLE CREATURES – Ana Gerhard

When you can educate a child while you are entertaining her or him, then you’ve succeeded. Little Creatures, by Ana Gerhard does this with gusto. Introducing a child to an art form, especially something in the ‘classics’ (i.e. classical music, art, literature) is often a challenge (typically because a child is exposed to so much Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Music, non-fiction, Picture books, Reviews

September 30, 2019

PLAYING TO THE GODS – Peter Rader

Sarah Bernhardt. Eleonora Duse. Most people are familiar with Sarah’s name, even if they don’t know why she is famous. Only a few dedicated history or theatre buffs probably know the name of Eleonora Duse. But at one time their rivalry was watched and reported internationally and the art of acting, as we know it Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, History, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews, Theatre

September 25, 2019

LOCKED IN ICE – Peter Lourie

How many readers out there know the name, Fridtjof Nansen? If you already know who he is, or what he is remembered for, then color me impressed! Nansen was, among other things, a scientist and an explorer at a time when mankind was still trying to reach the North Pole. He was the first to Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews, Young Adult

September 18, 2019

WILD LIVES – Lori Robinson and Janie Chodosh

This book is essentially a collection of mini-biographies of people actively working in wildlife conservation. Wildlife conservation is important to me … it’s a voting point for me … and so this book really had some appeal. The subtitle, “Leading Conservationists on the Animals and Planet They Love” sounded as though I would get some Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews

July 29, 2019

THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS – Edward Wilson-Lee

Hernando Colón had a passion for books and a vision for an organized library. Hernando Colón was also Christopher Columbus’s illegitimate son. Author/researcher Edward Wilson-Lee does a tremendous, detailed job of tracking down this story and getting in-depth on Hernando’s story. While the name Christopher Columbus is known by every American school child, we know Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, History, non-fiction, Reviews

July 26, 2019

FAST INTO THE NIGHT – Debbie Clarke Moderow

The Iditarod dog sled race is, I think, quite well-known, though most of us know few (if any) people who’ve run the course. It is certainly not the sort of course one challenges without having some experience with running dog sleds. Enter Debbie Clarke Moderow – a 40-something mother of two on the Iditarod Trail, Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Reviews

July 17, 2019

MENTORS – Francis M. Naumann

Before I ever wrote my first book review, I was an art student and I had been writing reviews of art shows in my community. It never occurred to me that anyone could make a living as an art historian/reviewer … I did it as a way to make sure I got to different art Continue reading

NON-FICTION

4 stars, Art, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

May 24, 2019

STEELY DAN FAQ – Anthony Robustelli

I’m a big fan of the music of Steely Dan, though I know very little about them (other than who played on some of the songs) and so I thought that this would be a great book for me to request for review. There is a lot of really wonderful information in this book and Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION

Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Music, non-fiction, Reviews

January 3, 2019

WHY WE WRITE – Meredith Maran, editor

There’s no shortage of books about writing and hopeful writers will devour not only ‘how to’ books, but books by and about ‘famous’ authors to hopefully glean that little nugget of information that will lead the hopeful onto a path of publishing and fame. In Why We Write, editor Meredith Maran has collected short bios Continue reading

NON-FICTION

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

October 8, 2018

MONK! – graphic novel

GRAPHIC NOVEL WEEK Youssef Daoudi’s Monk! is about as close to jazz music in literary form as you can get. On the surface, this story is relatively simple – this is a biography of jazz genius, Thelonius Monk. But just as any life in general and the life of a black jazz musician in the Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, MEMOIR

5 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

May 23, 2018

MY LUCKY LIFE – Dick Van Dyke

There aren’t very many performers/actors that I admire as much as I do Dick Van Dyke. I grew up watching this man. On television it was The Dick Van Dyke Show and then The New Dick Van Dyke Show. On the big screen it was Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His talent, to Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews, Television

May 9, 2018

SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER – Timothy Egan

My only regret with this book is that it took me so long to read it. Edward Curtis was a photographer in the very early days of photography. Apprenticed as a photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota, he later moved to Seattle and became interested in photographing Native Americans. He was often and long supported by Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Art, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, history book, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews