By Dennis Lehane William Morrow, $27.99, 403 pages Live by Night by Dennis Lehane is a fast-paced crime novel that is set in Boston and West Florida in the 1920s, during the days of Prohibition and the endless crime associated with it. Joe …
By Jane Barthelemy Da Capo Lifelong Books, $18.99, 246 pages One phrase that readers will grow accustomed to in Paleo Desserts: 125 Delicious Everyday Favorites, Gluten- and Grain-Free by Jane Barthelemy is to “follow recipe exactly.” To ensure that those trying these recipes …
By The Editors of America’s Test Kitchen and Guy Crosby Cook’s Illustrated, $40.00, 486 pages To some, cooking is more than putting together ingredients. There are those who look at cooking as a science. Cook’s Illustrated The Science of Good Cooking is a …
By Jessica Fellowes, Matthew Sturgis St. Martin’s Press, $29.99, 320 pages Just like the third season of Downton Abbey, the indispensable companion book has arrived. If you haven’t caught the Downton Abbey bug, then The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era by Jessica …
By Matt Mumber, Heather Reed, Andrew Weil (foreword) New Page Books, $15.99, 235 pages Are you stressed? Who isn’t stressed these days? If you (or someone you know) is battling the stresses of daily life, Sustainable Wellness: An Integrative Approach to Transform …
By Jo Nesbo Knopf, $25.95, 378 pages Harry Hole had disappeared to Hong Kong to run from his past as a cop. He never expects to return Oslo, but Jo Nesbo decides there is too much at stake and returns Harry to …
By Santiago Gamboa, Howard Curtis (translator) Europa Editions, $16.00, 466 pages Necropolis is a strange and wonderful novel. Colombian author Santiago Gamboa sets the stage as he has an author, who is not named, invited to the International Congress of Biography and Memory. …
By Jonathan Jones Knopf, $35.00, 354 pages This is a rich and thorough book. Although the book weighs in at 354 pages and appears daunting, seventy-one pages of it are author notes, list of art, and bibliography. The text is interspersed with …
By S.J. Enna, Stata Norton FT Press, $34.99, 252 pages Herbal Supplements and the Brain: Understanding Their Health Benefits and Hazards by S. J. Enna and Stata Norton is a fascinating and well-researched (forty pages of endnote references!) look at select over-the-counter herbals. …
By Eileen S. Prince Zephyr Press, $16.95, 165 pages Art Is Every Day: Activities for the Home, Park, Museum, and City by Eileen S. Prince is a thorough book—providing sixty-five different activities for kids and parents to do. The book is divided into …
By Richard Hall FT Press, $22.99, 320 pages The second edition of Brilliant Marketing: What the Best Marketers Know, Do and Say by Richard Hall was first published in Great Britain in 2009. The Brilliant Series books cover more than 100 business topics. …
By Kristina Ohlsson Emily Bestler Books/Atria, $25.00, 357 pages Unwanted explores the dark side of child abduction as a child is taken from a raucous train … only the girl’s shoes remain to bear witness. Ohlsson, who works in a counterterrorism office …
By Taeeun Yoo Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99, 32 pages You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses by Taeeun Yoo is a simple introduction to yoga for children from 3 to 5. Yoo, who is the author and illustrator of The …
By Eric Litwin, James Dean (illustrator) HarperCollins, $16.99, 40 pages James Dean and Eric Litwin have done it again. With Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Dean and Litwin have set Pete the Cat onto the groovy track …
By Shehan Karunatilaka Graywolf Press, $16.00, 416 pages Question: In fiction, what do you get when you cross an alcoholic sports journalist with a quest to find a Sri Lankan sports legend? Answer: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka. The …
