Friday, February 26, 2010

About Books, February 27, 2010

Jeffrey Siger's lastest mystery is "Assassins of Athens." Siger's detective is hunky Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis who solves the murder of a young son of one of Greece's most prominent families. Because he lives half the year on Mykonos, Siger's book has colorful details of Greek society, culture and life styles including clans, corruption, fishing, prejudices and politics. Be sure to catch his first mystery: "Murder in Mykonos."

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

About Books, February 20, 2010

Nancy Goldstone brings to light a forgotten figure from the Middle Ages in "The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily." Joanna survived the murder of her husband and a papal trial to reign for thirty more years and to wed several more husbands.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

About Books, February 13, 2010

Toby Lester's book, "The Fourth Part of the World: the Race to the Ends of the Earth and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name," is a geographical and intellectual history of the discovery of the Americas. The story centers on the Waldseemuller map, now owned by the Library of Congress, which was lost for centuries. It is the first map, dated 1507, to use the name America.

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Friday, February 5, 2010

About Books, February 6, 2010

Harriet Reisen's "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women" is the companion book to the PBS film of the same name. She first discovered Alcott when her mother gave her a copy of "Little Women" when she was a child. When Harriet moved to Boston she made sure to visit the Alcott home, Orchard House. Eventually she wrote and produced both the film and the book.

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