This book is probably not what you’re expecting. If you pick it up looking for a free-wheeling adventure story along the lines of Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn, you will not only be disappointed, but most probably shocked. Twain once remarked, “Letters from the Earth will never be published . . . in fact, it [...]
How appropriate that in this bicentennial year of Darwin’s birth, and the 150th anniversary of the original publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins’s The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution has been published. Not only should this be mere cause for celebration since its initial publication date falls within [...]
Selling millions of books doesn’t necessarily mean that you write well and just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s any good. I know Dan Brown followers haven’t clued into this yet and neither have those wrapped up in Twilight mania. No matter how many young tweens and teens (and is it me or am [...]
I’ll be honest, I have a major crush on Sarah Vowell. She’s cute, she’s smart, she’s funny, she’s quirky, she always has great pieces on NPR’s This American Life – and she’s a history nerd to boot! I’ve read every one of her books, and loved each one of them!
The Wordy Shipmates is no exception. [...]
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