Thing Finder

Doesn't this sound like Doyle's depiction of Watson describing his own response to Sherlock Holmes? This quote is Plutarch describin...

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith From the opening paragraph: Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld's b...

She was just an American mutt cat. People hardly noticed at first, but she was a calico. White across most her body, she had a splash of b...

One of the issues with which we have wrestled at Through the Magic Door is the incorporation of an appropriate rating system for books. One...

The House of Christmas by G.K. Chesterton There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All ...

Thunderstruck is Erik Larson's most recent book. Previously, he has written among others, The Devil in the White City , which I have no...

As an inveterate list-keeper, I am always interested in comparisons between one time period and another, and between one place or culture an...

One of the many attributes of books are their function as routes of connection. Connection between distant partners in a one way conversati...

From Esme Raji Codell's Educating Esme . Codell relates her experiences as a first year fifth grade teacher in a new Chicago inner city...

I am enjoying a book by Esme Raji Codell, Educating Esme , an account of her first year as a teacher. A wonderfully enthusiastic teacher, s...