Books High and Low

I flew through this hilarious collection of short essays by author Helen Ellis, an Alabama native who now lives in New York City. She remind...

  Written by Will McCallum, Head of Oceans at Greenpeace UK, this excellent resource reveals the impact that plastics have on our environmen...

This is a fascinating examination of the Tudor dynasty as seen through the prism of courtly love. Gristwood (Game of Queens: The Women Who ...

  This is a useful plan to reduce stress and deal with its effects on the body and mind. Author Paul Huljich shares his own experience with...

  In the vein of the more well-known Timothy Ferris and his The four-hour work week , author Chris Guillebeau encourages readers to think di...

  This is an interesting graphic novel presentation of the life of Lenin and the developments leading up to the 1917 Russian revolution. A a...

  I enjoyed this children's introduction to artists and their relationships with their pets. Author Susie Hodge devotes 2-6 pages to eac...

  This is a funny take on America's obsession with health. Author A.J. Jacobs takes on one body part at a time, consulting with doctors,...

  This is a thorough exploration of the relationships between spouses, partners, significant others, as well as between other family members...

  This is a fun book to delve into. Experts provide suggestions for what readers should do when they turn 50. The book is organized in eight...

  This is a useful guide to organizing every room in your house and other areas of your life such as holidays and travel. Author Regina Leed...

  This book is about identifying the amount of money that you need to have saved or invested so that you can retire at a standard of living ...

  This is a useful book about how to plan and save for retirement. Moss's advice revolves around first identifying what you want your re...

  While I'm a fan of David Allen's book Getting things done (GTD), I'm less fond of this followup, which consists of repackaged ...

  I enjoyed this approach to simplifying your life by getting organized and reducing clutter. Author Marcia Ramsland tackles all aspects of ...

  This is a thoughtful look at how you can reconcile your day job and your dreams. Many folks are in jobs that pay the bills but which aren...

  I enjoyed this humorous exploration of how the Amish manage their money and save. Author Lorilee Craker comes from a Mennonite background ...

  This is a great guide to helping readers purge their possessions to get control of clutter and make their lives more manageable. I focused...

  This is a reissue of the 1971 novel by radical feminist Lila Karp, published as part of the Classic Feminist Writers Series by The Feminis...

  This is an amusing and intimate look into the life of journalist Patricia Morrisroe through the lens of the shoes and boots that she has l...

  This was my book club’s latest selection. I'd been interested in it given that it's been on the NYT best seller list for months. I...

  Bythell (Confessions of a Bookseller) is the owner of Scotland's largest used bookstore, which has more than 100,000 books in stock....

  This was my book club's August pick; one of our members wanted to read it in anticipation of the sequel. It was a quick and very amusi...

  I picked up this book in the Books about Books section of the Dog Ears Used Bookstore in Hoosick, NY a couple of weeks ago. It gives the ...

  Aethelflaed is the oldest daughter of Alfred the Great, but the most important near-contemporary history of that time, The Anglo-Saxon Chr...

  Psychologists Maslach and Leiter follow up their book The Truth About Burnout with this guide to the causes of burnout and how organizati...

On a recent trip to Bennington, VT, we stopped off at the Dog Ears Book Store, where my favorite section is the books about books category, ...

  Communications coach Gallo (Talk Like TED) teaches successful speaking and writing by breaking down the communication style of Amazon fou...

  I picked up this book at the ALA conference in Washington, D.C. in June. It tells the story of author Gilbert M. Governor's life growi...

  I really enjoyed this mystery set in the 1960s. Maddie Schwartz has left her husband and is trying to make it on her own. She begins an af...