Funeral services were held this week for Roger Ebert, journalist, film critic and extraordinary human being. In spite of physical challenges, including a battle with thyroid and salivary gland cancer that eventually left him unable to talk or eat, Ebert continued …
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The 600s could be my favorite area of nonfiction. Traditional descriptions of the Dewey Decimal System identify the 600s as ”applied sciences” or “medicine and technology.” Basically, this is where you find information on how people make use of science …
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A few months ago we shared with you the personal project of library IT guy, Mike Fields. Mike has set the wildly ambitious goal of reading one book from every shelf in the Columbia Public Library’s nonfiction collection, and he …
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When I was a child, I would ride my bike to the library every week and check out a biography to read. I would go straight to the section and pick a book based on the cover. I often had not …
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I call them my girlfriend books. They are books that make me feel like I’m sitting around shooting the breeze with my friends. Two of my favorite girlfriend writers are Nora Ephron and Anna Quindlen. Nora Ephron Nora wrote the …
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I found “French Kids Eat Everything” so thought-provoking I bought a copy for my son and his wife who are expecting a baby. For two days after reading it I told anybody who would listen about “this great book.” The …
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