A Bushel’s Worth: An Ecobiography My dictionary does not include “ecobiography,” nor does spellcheck recognize the word. But one definition of “eco” is “not harmful
Hard Country, A Novel of the Old West and Backlands, A Novel of the American West New Mexico author Michael McGarrity has written a dozen mysteries featuring
JACK 1939 Imagine young Jack Kennedy as a spy, commandeered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to innocuously roam Europe and uncover nefarious warmongering
The Ox-Bow Man, A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark The Ox-Bow Man is the biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark, a man who loved
Silent Echoes, Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton For a recent wedding anniversary gift, my wife bought me The Art of Buster
The Wright Brothers Obsession may be in the eye of the beholder. Maybe. If anyone has ever been obsessed, the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville,
HOLDING FIRE ‘Embattled ranchers versus the federal government’ has been a headline in newspapers for generations, especially in Nevada, where the disagreements have been fierce.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE The other day I was at my bookshelves looking for a particular William Carlos Williams book of poetry when I spotted
STILL ALICE Lisa Genova, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, writes novels about people with debilitating neurological diseases. Still Alice, first published in 2007, traces a
Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The Endless War over the West’s Public Lands A journalist’s look at Clive Bundy and others who rebel against federal
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Save Lives in World War II What do Elephants really want?
Just read this in today’s Shelf Awareness 3/16/2011 and I think it’s important: Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation barring the FBI from
This book, a mere 146 pages of text, is jam-packed with wonderfully offbeat information about a variety of American writers and their homes, now designated
A DEATH IN SUMMER For those of us who tend to read lighter at this time of year, summer can only mean a plethora of
Bookin’ with Sunny is pleased to introduce two of our newest book reviewers: Dan Erwine: Dan holds a BS in Telecommunications, San Diego State University and recently
Rumors about the possible existence of a female pope apparently have circulated for hundreds of years. If such a woman served Rome and the Catholic
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