Allegro – Is a Famous Oculist a Murderer? Mozart’s on the Case
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seems an unlikely detective. But in the creative mind of Chilean-American author Ariel Dorfman, the master musician [...]
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Poet’s Corner – Music
The violin soar’s upwards As wings in dreams Ascending past open skies As effortlessly as a sound. Notes blend and unify Only touching [...]
Family Style – Debut Cookbook by Peter Som
Lifestyle expert and award-winning fashion designer Peter Som has released his much anticipated debut cookbook Family Style: Elegant [...]
Locals vs. The Summer Guests in Tess Gerritsen’s Second Martini Club Mystery
I was sitting in my neighborhood nail salon having a manicure while carefully turning the pages of Tess Gerritsen’s latest, The Summer [...]
Fearless and Free-A Memoir – Josephine Baker
Freda Josephine Baker, ne McDonald (1906-1975), was a dancer, singer, source of scandal, civil rights activist, and member of the French [...]
Sara Blaedel Shows That A Mother’s Love Is the Strongest Force on Earth
Danish Detective Louise Rick has just become head of a travel unit called Police District 13, or P13 for short. Its mission is to help the [...]
The Only Light in London – Surviving War and Falling in Love
Timing is everything in publishing. When a book, whether non-fiction or fiction, taps into current events, a visceral reaction among the [...]
Finding Joy in Just Enough – It May Just Be All We Need
At just four inches by six, the book Swedish Lagom: Finding Joy in Just Enough is not large by any means, and the page count is less than [...]
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