by bertbaby | May 1, 2014 | Book Reviews
May 1: Historians cite the 1886 May Day parade in Chicago — some 80,000 marching for an eight-hour workday, the Haymarket Square Massacre coming just days later — as one of the pivotal moments in modern labor history.
by bertbaby | Apr 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
An alpine journey of “howling blizzards” and awesome views, from the author of The Steady Running of the Hour.
by bertbaby | Apr 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
After the death of his wife and the loss of a rare volume, a curmudgeon of a bookshop owner finds a new meaning in the motto “No man is an island.” The witty and wise novelist Gabrielle Zevin has produced that most precious of things: a tale as...
by bertbaby | Apr 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
During World War I, the sounds of artillery could be heard on the Champs-Élysées, but the threat of destruction seemed only to inspire Parisians to embrace life more fully. John Baxter follows his grandfather’s steps into a great city’s...
by bertbaby | Apr 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
Ten writers the Game of Thrones fan needs to know.
by bertbaby | Apr 30, 2014 | Book Reviews
This is not a biography of Leonard Cohen: it’s a spiritual odyssey.
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