Book Recommendations

June 2016 Book Recommendations

Calvin Coolidge’s, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE; the 30th President’s life story. Thomas J. Craughwell’s, THOMAS JEFFERSON’S CREME BRULEE; During...

Book of the Week for May 01, 2016

How To Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anything by Barbara Walters

The art of the interview from the woman who scooped all of the important ones.

Books For Mother’s Day 2016

Nancy Friday’s, MY MOTHER/MY SELF: THE DAUGHTER’S SEARCH FOR IDENTITY Herman Wouk’s, MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR Anne Tyler’s, BACK WHEN WE WERE...

May 2016 Book Recommendations

Barbara Walters’, HOW TO TALK WITH PRACTICALLY ANYBODY ABOUT PRACTICALLY ANYTHING; the art of the interview from the woman who...

April 2016 Book Recommendations

Eleanor Roosevelt’s, TOMORROW IS NOW; Perspectives about the world. The former First Lady’s last book. Judith Guest’s, ORDINARY PEOPLE; a...

March 2016 Book Recommendations

Maya Angelou’s, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS; From Southern racism and rape to independence and renown. Volume 1...

February 2016 Book Recommendations

Anne Truitt’s, DAYBOOK; observations by the sculptor about her childhood, marriage, kids, and career. Madeleine L’Engle’s, A WRINKLE IN TIME;...

January 2016 Book Recommendations

Lucille Ball’s, LOVE, LUCY; the comedienne’s autobiography; discovered posthumously. Lauren Bacall’s, BY MYSELF; Hollywood, Bogart, Robards and Sinatra. The actress’s...

Books To Read At The Start Of 2016

Sloan Wilson’s, THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT; “GRAY”: a disappointed 1950s corporate “striver” finds gratitude. John Williams’s, STONER;...

December 2015 Book Recommendations

PROFILES IN COURAGE by John F. Kennedy Heroes–to the future President. TRUMAN by David McCullough A definitive and fun-to-read biography...

November 2015 Book Recommendations

THE COLLECTED STORIES OF EUDORA WELTY by Eudora Welty A selection of the author’s stellar oeuvre. ALL IN A LIFETIME...

October 2015 Book Recommendations

THE MIRACLE WORKER: A PLAY by William Gibson The blind, deaf, and mute, Helen Keller is taught to communicate by...