‘Gift Suggestions’ Category
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This Blessed Plot
0December 14, 2012 by Reader's Connection
The 2012 gift suggestion list had only one history title on it so far, about the battle of Tippecanoe. I’m grateful to Deanna Long of the East Washington branch for…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions, Newsletter | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Foundation: The History of England From Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors, Peter Ackroyd
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No Gift Suggestion List Is Complete Without Children’s Books . . . and Coffee Table Books
0December 7, 2012 by Reader's Connection
A few teen titles (What’s Left of Me, and Ashfall & Ashen Winter) have shown up so far on my 2012 gift suggestion list, but no books for…
Category Booklist, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Jennifer B. Pickens, O. Winston Link: Life along the Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad, Pets at the White House: 50 Years of Presidents and Their Pets, Simon Winchester, Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection, Tony Reevy
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Glittering Images
0December 4, 2012 by Reader's Connection
Camille Paglia’s Glittering Images: A Journey through Art from Egypt to Star Wars may be the sort of book that you’re supposed to read straight through, but I’m bouncing around. I…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, Camille Paglia, Glittering Images: A Journey through Art from Egypt to Star Wars
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A Novel about Artificial Intelligence for Your Authentically Intelligent Loved One
0November 25, 2012 by Reader's Connection
Interesting way to find a job: An outfit in San Francisco is working with artificial intelligence. Neill Bassett’s father, who committed suicide a few years ago, left a slew of journals…
Category Book Review, Gift Suggestions | Tags: 12 Weeks of Christmas~Hanukkah~Kwanzaa~Solstice~New Years, A Working Theory of Love, Scott Hutchins