by envisionmg | Nov 30, 2013 | Non-fiction, Staff Picks
The Silk Road, that myriad of trade routes crisscrossing Asia in the middle ages, has always held a certain fascination for me. The imagery alone is spellbinding: trackless deserts, vast mountain ranges and endless steppe and in this massive space, caravans of camels...
by envisionmg | Aug 6, 2013 | Non-fiction, Patron Review
Tranforming Libraries, Building Communities: The Community-Centered Library by Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Robinson, and Kelley Rae Unger – Foreword by Kathleen De La Pena McCook Reviewed by Kim Given that more and more libraries , not just in the U.S., but...
by envisionmg | May 17, 2013 | Biography, Non-fiction
“The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam...
by envisionmg | May 13, 2013 | Non-fiction, Staff Picks
“Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like his mother. ...
by envisionmg | Jan 29, 2013 | Non-fiction
On the eve of World War I a string of pink pearls worth a small fortune disappears somewhere between Paris and London. Molly Caldwell Crosby’s The Great Pearl Heist is the story of those pearls, the men and women who stole them and the Scotland Yard detectives tasked...
by envisionmg | Jan 2, 2013 | Biography, Non-fiction, Staff Review
“I hope we’re as good friends when you finish your book as we are now,” Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, told Jeff Himmelman in March 2010. “But I don’t give a [expletive deleted] what you write about me.” No author could make...
