by envisionmg | Aug 24, 2017 | Jim Reviews
One of the lesser known benefits of working in a library is getting to empty the book drop. This means you get to see some of the books that are trending within your community. That is how home came across A Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec. I checked it in and...
by envisionmg | Jul 3, 2017 | Jim Reviews
I have a small confession to make: I have never been able to get into China Mieville’s fiction. This is very embarrassing to me since his books look like they would be right up my alley. However, for some reason I have never been able to finish one. Then I saw...
by envisionmg | May 25, 2017 | Jim Reviews
With the hundredth anniversary of World War I there has been a lot of discussion of “who’s fault was it?” Classically German gets the most of the blame but Russian and France and even England have gotten their share as well. Now Wawro has turned the...
by envisionmg | Apr 10, 2017 | Jim Reviews
So what is the meaning of a world map? That is the deceptively complicated question that Brotton presents in his A History of the World in Twelve Maps. They are not really useful for navigation. If a person needs to find the best way to get to New York City they...
by envisionmg | Mar 8, 2017 | Jim Reviews
Feeling a need to read about a place warmer than here? I give you the Sahara. The world’s largest hot desert with an average high temperature of 104 degrees and rain fall that is virtually non-existent in some places. So what is Nicholas Jubber doing in the...
by envisionmg | Feb 1, 2017 | Jim Reviews
In our Today In History Reading List feature, we take the events of a particular day in history and try to give you a work of fiction and a work of non-fiction relating to those events. 1327 Edward III Crowned King of England Due to colossal misrule, Edward II was...
