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... and His Lovely Wife by Connie Schultz
The author, a newspaper columnist and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, suddenly found herself without an identity when her husband, Congressman Sherrod Brown, decided to run for the U.S. Senate.
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
January's reviewer finds food editor Judith Jones cagey about her past and protective of her privacy. In the end, “Jones’ winning personality and her fascinating story overcome the book’s drawbacks.”
The Pentagon: A History by Steve Vogel
The Pentagon still stands: strong, defiant and magnificent in its own unadorned way. Not bad for a building Vogel tells us, was "conceived over a long weekend" and constructed in a "slapdash" rush but ultimately has "proven itself one for the ages.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle chronicles the Kingsolver-Hopp family's resolution to step off the petroleum grid for one year, eating only local, sustainably produced meats, fruits, and vegetables either from or near their Kentucky farm.
Poster Child by Emily Rapp
It is difficult to develop empathy or sympathy for Rapp, even when she tells you that she was often the only female at the prosthetics office.
Julia Child by Laura Shapiro
An affectionate look at the woman who rescued the American foodways from a wasteland of frozen stringbean casseroles. Quirks and all.
Too Soon to Say Goodbye by Art Buchwald
Impending death, whether ours or someone else's, is a time when even the most lighthearted among us finds it hard to laugh. Thankfully, Art Buchwald was not one of us.
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Steve Nash by Paul Arseneault and Peter Assaff
Basketball fans of all ages will rate this slim read a three-pointer. With not an ounce of fat on it, it's lean, it looks good, it keeps its audience enthralled, and it never lets up.
My Wedding Dress edited by Susan Whelehan and Anne Laurel Carter
Using the romantic image of a wedding dress as a jumping off point, the 26 writers who contributed to My Wedding Dress give us much more than just a description of their tiaras and trains.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is very different from previous adventures. This time we follow Bryson in a time machine as he journeys back to his own 1950s childhood in Des Moines, Iowa. "So this is a book about not very much," he writes, "about being small and getting bigger slowly."
Tom Cruise by Iain Johnstone
Tom Cruise: All the World's a Stage manages a just about perfect balance of insider insight and good old journalistic research. Hard-core Cruise fans will find few surprises, but there's much of interest for the rest of us.
Tales of A Curling Hack by Doug Maxwell
If you're already a curling fan -- or even a curler yourself -- Tales of A Curling Hack is the absolute bomb. It can not and will not get better than this.
Hollywood and Me by Bernie Rothman
Hollywood and Me is funny and fresh and beautifully crafted. Better, in some ways, than being there. What could be better than having an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer with a gentle lens as your guide?
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
Alice Sheldon had an amazingly full life, though it doesn't seem to have been fulfilling. She tried things few women tried, and she succeeded in leaving her mark. This is the first biography of this amazingly important and interesting woman.
The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville
Other bios focus on certain details of Ruth's career, such as his up and down relationship with teammate Lou Gehrig. Montville gives nods to such events, but does not overly dwell on them, leaving them for the scholars and nitpickers.
The First Lady of Hollywood by Samantha Barbas
Though it's doubtful that many of today's generation of celebrity watchers have even heard of her, much less know who she is, Louella Parsons is where gossip columns all began.
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