by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
Are our best athletes born great, or do they achieve greatness? David Epstein dissects the physical and mental makeup of Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt and others, to at last distinguish athletic nature from nurture.
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
A highly underrated 20th century writer presents a wealth of American eccentrics, including heat-stroked widows, hypnotizing predators, and a boy who swallows his father’s wedding ring.
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
August 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on this day, as announced in the opening sentences of his four-volume autobiography: “On the 28th of August, 1749, at mid-day, as the clock struck twelve, I came into the world, at Frankfort-on-the-Main.”...
by bertbaby | Aug 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
The author of Night Film on the books she always keeps close at hand.
by bertbaby | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Dark Between Written by Sonia GenslerHardcover, 352 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction – Paranormal | $16.99 | August 27, 2013 | 978-0-375-86702-6 (0-375-86702-3)A supernatural romance about the powers that lie in the shadows of the...
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