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A SPECIALTY FARMER’S IMPASSIONED argument for the preservation of heirloom fruits and vegetables. Convincing!
Grade: SOLID B
TASTE, MEMORY: FORGOTTEN FOODS, LOST FLAVORS, AND WHY THEY MATTER
Chelsea Green
2012
Tags: Agriculture, Food Writing, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS and science, elegantly explored in a concise meditation on Euclid’s “Elements”.
Grade: SOLID B
THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE: EUCLID AND HIS ELEMENTS
Basic Books
2013
Tags: Ancient Greece, History of Science, Mathematics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Science, Solid B Reviews
A PROFESSIONAL CLIMBER LEARNS skydiving, BASE jumping as her way of dealing with a life crisis. Engaging!
Grade: SOLID B
LEARNING TO FLY: AN UNCOMMON MEMOIR OF HUMAN FLIGHT, UNEXPECTED LOVE, AND ONE AMAZING DOG
Simon and Schuster/Touchstone
2013
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Sports
ARTFUL HISTORICAL SETS a family’s Massachusetts summer home as the centerpoint for change and connection.
Grade: B PLUS
THE END OF THE POINT
Harper
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels
COMPLETELY FASCINATING HISTORY of farming, production of food and drink in New York City past and present.
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Food Writing, History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Social History, Wine and Spirits Writing
A LOVE LETTER TO the city of Tulsa in the shape of an elegaic coming-of-age novel, complete with romance.
Grade: B PLUS
A MAP OF TULSA
Penguin
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
A SURVIVOR OF THE 2004 tsunami shares her grief, anger, confusion at the loss of her family. Touching, frank.
Grade: A MINUS
WAVE
Knopf
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
A CYBORG SINGULARITY RUN wild is at the heart of this high-tech military thriller. Page-turning suspense!
Grade: SOLID B
EXTINCTION
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books
2013
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history and Latina identity in charming memoir. B PLUS
BIRD OF PARADISE
Atria Books
2013
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
DOMINICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER Raquel Cepeda explores her family history, her Latina identity in charming memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
BIRD OF PARADISE: HOW I BECAME LATINA
Simon and Schuster/Atria
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Dominican Republic, Latino and Latina Writers, Memoirs, New York City, Non-Fiction, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History