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Author(s):
Jan Chozen Bays
Genre(s):
Self-Improvement/Self Help
How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
June 23, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe
“Only after the batteries were exhausted, and I had called both the electric and water companies just to say hello did I get off the phone.
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Author(s):
Andrea Antinori
Genre(s):
Animals, Reference, Science, 8-12, Children, Middle Grade Nonfiction
A Book About Whales
May 13, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Susan Middleton Elya
Andrea Antinori has written a complete book about every kind of whale out there. Did you know that dolphins belong to the whale family?
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Author(s):
Norman Mailer
Genre(s):
Political & Social Science, Biographical
Norman Mailer: Four Books of the 1960s (LOA #305): An American Dream / Why Are We in Vietnam? / The Armies of the Night / Miami and the Siege of Chicago (Library of America Norman Mailer Edition)
November 8, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Robert Schaefer
Mailer has flashes of brilliance. Historically interesting.
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Author(s):
Rainbow Rowell
Genre(s):
Young Adult, Fantasy
Carry On: A Novel
November 21, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Peter Adam Salomon
In magical books such as Landline and Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell has proven herself to be a writer of exquisite lyricism and heartbreaking characterization.
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Author(s):
Mike Lupica
Genre(s):
Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Murder, Suspense, Small Town & Rural Fiction, Series, Legal/Police Procedural
Robert B. Parker's Fallout (A Jesse Stone Novel)
September 5, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Mike Farris
“Fallout combines murder, mystery, mobsters, crypto scams, and the snappy dialogue so characteristic of the Parker novels that came before.”
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Author(s):
John C. Wathey
Genre(s):
Religion, Universal, Biology & Life Sciences
The Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing
January 11, 2016
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD
“Rather than theological bickering or ‘irrelevant moral imperatives,’ Wathey reminds us of our humanism and our hubris.”
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Author(s):
Indra Das
Genre(s):
Dark Fantasy, Fantasy
The Devourers
July 11, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Catherine Grant
“Indra Das writes with strength and beauty.”
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Author(s):
Thomas A. Freese
Genre(s):
Sales & Marketing
Sell Yourself First: The Most Critical Element in Every Sales Effort
December 31, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Robert A. Moskowitz
Sell Yourself First is two books in one, both good.
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Author(s):
Carol Hay
Genre(s):
Philosophy, Women’s Studies
Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution
October 11, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Jane Haile
Carol Hay notes in her preface the current buzz of conversation around feminism, crediting the #MeToo movement with “laying bare the elephant in the room, skeletons burst from closets, dirty laundr
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