An entertaining, and quite original, book.

A ball, four downs, and the road to glory. Here’s our guide to understanding American professional football and its championship game, the Super Bowl.

I first encountered Lisa Shaub years ago at her original store on Mulberry Street, and I bought a winter hat that I loved.

*** ON OUR BOOKSHELVES *** BOOK: I Will Always Write Back AUTHORS: Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda with Liz Welch YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 On the recommendation of a middle school librarian, I bought this book for my 11-year-old daughter, and gave it to her for Christmas. I ended up reading it first, and thought … Continue reading On Our Bookshelves – I Will Always Write Back →

There’s no time like the present…

A NewsWhistle Review

*** ON OUR BOOKSHELVES *** BOOK: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century AUTHOR: Timothy Snyder YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017  *** Timothy Snyder is a Professor of History at Yale University, who specializes in the study of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust. He has a reading or speaking knowledge of eleven European … Continue reading Book Review – On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century →

“When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?”

*** I wasn’t familiar with Lorin Morgan-Richards until he sent me an email asking if I’d be interested in reviewing one of his books.  I always like hearing from authors, so he sent me his latest, The Dreaded Summons and Other Misplaced Bills, and agreed with me that an interview would be a more interesting … Continue reading The Dreaded Summons – Our Q&A with Author Lorin Morgan-Richards →

Fortunately, we have Garson O’Toole to help us out with conundrums of attribution.