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Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Powerful indictment of hip hop culture (4/5/2010)

This is an important book. Williams chronicles his life in hip hop culture and his eventual break from that culture as he moves away from negative values (empty materialism, denigration of women) into a life of self examination. Along the way he becomes a philosophy major …more

An Edible History of Humanity
by Tom Standage

A Feast for Readers (3/4/2009)

Standage is at his best telling a story, whether it be Napoleon’s strategy, the invention of canned food, or the Berlin airlift. The book is weakest in the early chapters where, of necessity, Standage weaves many strands together, jumping around geographically and …more

Holding My Breath: A Novel
by Sidura Ludwig

Holding My Breath (6/10/2008)

Long on plot and short on character, this rather wooden first novel was not bad enough to stop reading but not good enough to recommend. Although the novel is set in Manitoba, there is no real sense of locale; it could be anywhere. The details that establish time do not …more

Killer Heat
by Linda Fairstein

Great thriller (3/9/2008)

Taut, riveting, a real page-turner- pick your cliches and they will all be true. This beautifully executed thriller fulfills all the expectations of the genre, generating pulse-racing excitement and fast paced action. This book is easy to recommend - and I do.

Seven for a Secret: A John the Eunuch Mystery
by Mary and Eric Mayer Reed

Seven for a Secret (2/4/2008)

The seventh in a series, this book will probably be of greatest interest to individuals who have enjoyed the previous six and to those who love historical mysteries. Set in sixth century Constantinople during the reign of Justinian and Theodora, the book left me wanting to …more

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