Children’s Books Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus! I have a small hard back copy of the book, by Frances Pharcellus Church which I love reading at Christmas time, no matter what else you believe, believe in Santa Claus, at least why you read this little story. There are new children in our...
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I Feel Bad About My Neck And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron “Within hours of moving in, I was home. I was astonished. I was amazed. Most of all, I was mortified. I hadn’t been so mortified since the end of my second marriage, and a great many of the...
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The Greater Journey Americans in Paris By David McCullough Are you looking for summer reading? Take a look at the New York Times Best Sellers List, you may find something you are interested in: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/overview.html The number one spot, on their Hardcover list, is by one of my favorite authors and historians, David McCullough,...
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The Jews of Spain A History of the Sephardic Experience By Jane S. Gerber “As apparent to these observers and indeed all visitors, a brilliant era was dawning in Spain. Forever afterward, the tenth and eleventh centuries would be remembered by Jews as the nation’s ‘Golden Age,’ an epoch in which they enjoyed unusual...
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870 – 1914 By David McCullough “They never achieve anything who do not believe in success.” ~ Fernando de Lesseps ~ This book is delicious! The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870 – 1914, by David McCullough, published...
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Book Finds One of our yearly rituals involves St. Malachi, a local Catholic church within walking distance from our home. Growing up, my Father was a fan of the circus, and if at all possible, would make sure that we went to the circus when it was in town or when we were...
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Patton The Pursuit of Destiny By Agostino Von Hassell and Ed Breslin A man who for so many was larger than life is the subject of Patton: The Pursuit of Destiny which is a chronologically arranged biography about four star General George S. Patton Jr., the World War II leader who has so closely been...
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In Memory’s Kitchen A Legacy from the Women of Terezín “When first I opened the copybook and saw the handwriting of my mother, I had to close it,” said Anny. “I put it away and only much later did I have the courage to look. My husband and I, we were afraid of it. ...
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The Conquerors, Roosevelt, Truman the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941 – 1945 By Michael Beschloss “So this is the fellow who changed my life.” ~ Henry Morgenthau Jr. addressing Gerhart Riegner ~ The Conquerors has been a page turner and an eye opener. I will admit that may not be true for every...
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My Ántonia By Willa Cather “Although I admired scholarship so much in Cleric, I was not deceived about myself; I knew that I should never be a scholar. I could never lose myself for long among impersonal things. Mental excitement was apt to send me with a rush back to my own naked land...
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