Books & Literature
Minotaur imprint excels with crime fiction
Once in a while I get an invitation to attend a book club meeting. I usually decline these requests. I’m shy. The majority of book clubs are comprised of female readers. I suppose I must imagine the prospect of being surrounded by enthusiastic, literate women to be rather overwhelming.I got ...
3 profound looks at front lines of bloody U.S. wars
As we observe Memorial Day some of us will be recalling the courage of those who have served our country during wartime. Here are some recent books that provide readers with some in depth insights into what it was like to be on the front lines during the most savage ...
Overstuffed peanut butter cookies perfect for holiday carry-in
Book: “Baking Out Loud: Fun Desserts with Big Flavors”; 224 pages, $27.50, by Hedy Goldsmith with Abigail Johnson Dodge. Published by Clarkson Potter, 2012. About the book: Tootsie Rolls, Twinkies, Fig Newtons, Marshmallows, Nutter Butters, Oreos, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers – for all these childhood treats and more, ...
Researcher to present new book Thursday on parenting children in their 20s
Forty percent of Americans ages 18 to 34 live with their parents today. More than a third are unemployed or underemployed. And they change jobs an average seven times in their 20s alone. “I think we’re all aware that it takes longer for kids to grow up than they did ...
3 baseball books kick up some fresh dirt
About six weeks into the Major League Baseball season, several recent baseball books have come streaking through my strike zone."American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith" edited by Daniel Okrent (The Library of America, 560 pages, $29.95)One of the finest aspects of baseball is being able to read about ...
Ohio-linked authors to converge in Columbus
The Ohioana Book Festival takes place on Saturday at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Educational Center in Columbus. This event, the seventh annual festival, celebrates reading and writing. More than 100 authors with Ohio connections will be signing their books there and mingling with the public. Some authors will also be ...
Shakespeare marathon to help charity
The entire works of William Shakespeare will be brought to life during a week-long reading marathon titled “Shakespeare for Life.” The event will kick off with the reading of “As You Like It” on Friday evening, April 26, and conclude on Friday, May 3, with the dramatization of “Hamlet.” Over ...
Bernie Gunther series gets even stronger
Bernie Gunther is back. He has worn numerous hats during this long running series by Philip Kerr; police detective, hotel detective, soldier, fake physician and in this latest book, “A Man Without Breath,” he’s a war crimes investigator. Gunther is German. In the 1930s he was a homicide detective in ...
Downtrodden outcasts pack (and receive) punches
The author Frank Bill lives in the town of Corydon in southern Indiana and has observed as manufacturing in the area has declined. Some of his fellow citizens have turned to crime. There were a proliferation of rural meth labs and a surge in amphetamine addiction. Hard times have contributed ...
Tsunami survivor’s account tells of terror
As we remember the devastating flood that swept through Dayton a century ago, it is difficult to grasp the scope of the disaster that took place when flood waters inundated communities across a wide region. No actual eyewitnesses remain.“Wave,” a new book by Sonali Deraniyagala, is the firsthand account of ...
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