by bertbaby | Jun 15, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 15: On this day in 1300, Dante was made one of the six Priors of Florence, the top political office in the city-state.
by bertbaby | Jun 14, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 14: On this day in 1933 Jerzy Kosinski was born Jerzy Lewinkopf, in Lodz, Poland.
by bertbaby | Jun 13, 2014 | Book Reviews
June 13: The Peasants’ Revolt reached London on this day in 1381.
by bertbaby | Jun 13, 2014 | Book Reviews
A vivid new novel, born from the true story of Margaret Mead’s loves and losses in New Guinea.
by bertbaby | Jun 12, 2014 | Book Reviews
An ailing war historian seeking companionship buys a tawny owl named Mumble. So begins Martin Windrow’s soaring memoir of fifteen years with his gentle, shoelace-chewing, touchingly loyal pet. Think “My Dog Tulip” or “Ring of Bright...
by bertbaby | Jun 12, 2014 | Book Reviews
Hemingway meets Le Carre as an eclectic array of freedom fighters try to outwit Fascists in the heat of the Spanish Civil War. Espionage virtuoso Alan Furst winds up the suspense in his taut, intercontinental spy story.
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