Book Review: Rolling the Bones
. . . Rolling the Bones by Kyle Jarrard Steerforth Press, 320 pp., $24 Rolling the Bones is like one of those pokey rides at the original Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels. You drift along...
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Book Review: The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis
. . The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Lucy Jago Knopf, 320 pp., $24 Who would have expected a page-turner about a...
Wrestling: It’s Acting and it Takes Practice
It’s a cast straight out of a professional wrestling story line. There is a 13-year-old boy who recently made his wrestling debut; the Bouncer with life-threatening illnesses; the shy herbalist who sports attitude in the ring; and a former architect now wrestling professionally in Japan.
Book Review: Seabiscuit: An American Legend
. . Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand Random House, 399 pp., $24.95 Once upon a time, one of America’s biggest celebrities was a horse named Seabiscuit. In 1938 he got more news...
Book Review: Casual Rex
Casual Rex A Novel by Eric Garcia Villard, 352 pp., $23.95 Casual Rex, the charming and absorbing tale of a dinosaur-inhabited, modern-day universe, delivers practically everything a comic/ noir/magical realism/mystery novel could be expected...
Donkeys and Mules Are the Stars of This Show
This weekend’s 17th annual Donkey and Mule Show at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo features some of the most unusual events in equine competition. Coon Hunters Jumping is one. Beginning from a dead...
Book Review: A Daughter’s Tale of Violence and Redemption
. . Lost and Found A Daughter’s Tale of Violence and Redemption by Babette Hughes The Permanent Press, 168 pp., $24 Babette Hughes was an unhappy Jewish housewife in the 1950s, but she was...
Book Review: The Spirit Cabinet
. . . The Spirit Cabinet by Paul Quarrington Atlantic Monthly Press, 352 pp., $24 Treading on ground that readers of Tom Tryon’s Night Magic may find familiar, The Spirit Cabinet looks at the...
Book Review: Frames of Reference: Looking at American Art, 1900-1950
. . . Frames of Reference: Looking at American Art, 1900-1950 edited by Beth Venn and Adam D. Weinberg University of California Press, 224 pp., $29.95 (paper) They should have called it Behind the...
Book Review: Mistletoe Man: A China Bales Mystery
. . . Mistletoe Man: A China Bales Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert Berkeley, 296 pp., $21.95 We all know that good fences make good neighbors, but judging from Mistletoe Man, the latest herbal...
