Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
The last days of the year seem a good time to dip into reimagined fairy tales, or myths once told around a fire centuries ago. Here are five books that mine the richness of long-lived legends. Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths by Nancy Marie Brown (Palgrave Macmillan) Ragnarok: The End of the [...]
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book…without pictures or conversations?” Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and whole-collection reader’s advisory service goes where it may. In this column, the quest for Everest leads me down a winding path. Begin: Rideout, Tanis. [...]
Sometimes the best thing a book can offer a reader is not its text but its visuals. These books promise to immerse readers in dual pleasures. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: With Artwork by Yayoi Kusama by Lewis Carroll (Penguin Global) 100 Diagrams That Changed the World: From the Earliest Cave Paintings to the [...]
Armchair travelers are not restricted to travel memoirs, historical adventures and grand tours, and lushly set fiction. They can also tastily travel the world through cookbooks. For your reader who sometimes returns books with crumbs and smudges, consider these five great culinary trips. Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid (Artisan) Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain: [...]
Staff from Oregon’s Multnomah County Library share their favorite 2012 titles.
If you miss Career Day at your child’s school or wish instead of taking your child to the office, or that you could intern at someone else’s place for a day, pine no more. Nonfiction offers many opportunities to explore the work of others. Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington (Random). Want to know what [...]
As a counter measure to the immediacy and bustle of the holidays, some readers may want books that support a longer and more retrospective view. Suggest these history titles as an anecdote to the holiday countdown clock. The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford (Bloomsbury) Iron Curtain: The [...]
As Lewis Carroll’s Alice so aptly points out, “What is the use of a book…without pictures or conversations?” Welcome to RA Crossroads, where books, movies, music, and other media converge, and whole-collection reader’s advisory service goes where it may. In this column, all things James Bond lead me down a winding path. Begin: Skyfall. 143 [...]
Thanksgiving week demands last-minute cookbook consultations. Here are some suggestions for panicking cooks, ranging from handholding guidance to pure inspiration. Bouchon Bakery by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel (Artisan). Aside from achieving a tasty centerpiece turkey, attempting a great dessert is often the second most important food hurdle of the day. This book both teaches [...]
Audiobook narrators who seduce and transport listeners.
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