by bertbaby | Jul 31, 2013 | Book Reviews
Mathematical savant Daniel Tammet explores the beauty of the underlying math in our lives – from the passage of time to the reasons behind who we love – and the poignancy of numbers in determining how we decide to live.
by bertbaby | Jul 31, 2013 | Book Reviews
Lori Baker’s debut novel follows the newly orphaned Carlotta Dell’oro as she examines the lives of her parents – glassblower Leopoldo and his cold-but-beautiful Clotilde – and their romantic trajectory spanning the ages.
by bertbaby | Jul 31, 2013 | Book Reviews
July 31: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean on this day in 1944 while piloting a WWII reconnaissance flight. Whether his death was suicide or accident — the plane, recovered in 2000, shows no sign of enemy fire — will not...
by bertbaby | Jul 30, 2013 | Book Reviews
Listening to baseball through the voice of one of its greatest chroniclers.
by bertbaby | Jul 30, 2013 | Book Reviews
This newly reissued 1947 travel classic recounts two Swiss women driving from Geneva to Kabul, daring to discover strange lands and customs in an era when few Westerners ever crossed into the Middle East.
by bertbaby | Jul 30, 2013 | Book Reviews
Two comic book imitators in love learn the joys and perils of role playing.
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