“55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life” by Elizabeth White c.2020 in paperback, Simon & Schuster $17.00 / $23.00 Canada 272 pages Your last regular paycheck has come and gone. That was awhile ago, back before you were downsized / laid off / reassigned right out[Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW
REVIEW: The Hunt for History
“The Hunt for History” by Nathan Raab. c.2020, Scribner $30.00 / $39.99 Canada 251 pages Burn. Toss. Recycle. Deal with later. It was easy to go through that box of papers you found because most of it went in the first three categories, junk, junk, trash, and lots of it.[Read More…]
REVIEW: To Me, He Was Just Dad: Stories of Growing Up with Famous Fathers
“To Me, He Was Just Dad: Stories of Growing Up with Famous Fathers” by Joshua David Stein c.2020, Artisan Books $22.95 / $32.95 Canada 192 pages When you were growing up, your Dad was called many different names. His boss sometimes used his last one. He was “Mister” to the[Read More…]
“Becoming Bulletproof” by Evy Poumpouras
“Becoming Bulletproof” by Evy Poumpouras c.2020, Atria $27.00 / $36.00 Canada 323 pages Every schedule, every plan you made in February was shot. March began and in about three weeks’ time, life changed in big ways and small, calendars were tossed, and things got scary. Maybe they still are. So how did you deal with the virus, its[Read More…]
“When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error” by Danielle Ofri, M.D.
“When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error” by Danielle Ofri, M.D. c.2020, Beacon Press $26.95 / $35.95 Canada 272 pages You felt wonderful. Never better. In the peak of health, fit as a fiddle – until you weren’t. Then you were achy, miserable, feverish, nauseous. Blame a virus,[Read More…]
Book review: “Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam” by Jake Anderson
“Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam” by Jake Anderson c.2020, Citadel Press $26.00 / $35.00 Canada 368 pages Something doesn’t feel right. Things are off a little bit, or a lot. One point’s out of place, another seems slightly askew, and once you spot a problem, you[Read More…]
The Presidential Fringe: Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office
“The Presidential Fringe: Questing and Jesting for the Oval Office” by Mark Stein c.2020, Potomac Books $29.95 / $44.95 Canada 264 pages A year from now, the circus will be over. All the phone calls at dinnertime, the incessant ads, the name-calling and campaigning and political wrangling, it’ll all be[Read More…]
Is being honest all the time only good in theory?
“Would I Lie to You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World That Lies” by Judi Ketteler c.2020, Citadel Press $26.00 / $35.00 Canada 272 pages “How does it look?” Your client just asked that loaded question, and you don’t know what to do. Truth: it looks awful[Read More…]
Salt River: A Doc Ford Novel by Randy Wayne White
You just spit in a tube. That’s what you do when you have your DNA sequenced: spit, cap it tight, ship it off, and wait. A few weeks later, you’ll know where your ancestors lived. You’ll have an explanation for your red hair or long fingers. You’ll see the world[Read More…]
Book explores the relationship of historical figures Buchanan and King
“Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan & William Rufus King” by Thomas J. Balcerski c.2019, Oxford University Press $34.95 / higher in Canada 337 pages Tethered by a cord. That’s what people think when they see you and your closest pal: that you’re tethered by some sort of invisible cord.[Read More…]