GOODBYE, FRIENDS I wish you all health and happiness and security ... and good reading from dystopian adventures to scientific enlightenment to ... by Tom Lambrecht
UPCOMING HISTORY EVENTS Michael O'Neill will speak about The Switzerland Trail, and Silvia Pettem will kick off the Caribou 150th Anniversary celebration on August 9 ...by Tom Lambrecht
DIGITAL HOUSECLEANING If your desktop, like ours, is littered with defunct program icons, ancient files and other flotsam, it’s an indication of even more digital garbage tucked away in your file system. This clutter can slow your computer down and the disorder makes it maddening to find the document, file or image you’re looking for ...by Tom Lambrecht
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR Why aren't more book reviews aren’t written in the first person, given that so many books are written from the standpoint of an omniscient first person character? ...by Tom Lambrecht
NEW CROP OF COOKBOOKS These days, cookbooks have more background about food origins, selecting ingredients and of course, the action-packed lives of their celebrity chef authors. ...by Tom Lambrecht
TOPPLING PRECONCEPTIONS Both titles bring the reader up to speed on the subject in the best possible way- by intermingling arcane neurobiology and behavioral science with intriguing human behavior and history.. Frankly, I really can’t gush enough about how challenging, yet entertaining the writing is. ...by Tom Lambrecht
ON THE ROAD Long before it was accepted as a literary form, the travelogue was borne out of the universal desire for bragging rights: to let others know of our quests and the ground covered, the sights seen and the wonders encountered. ...by Tom Lambrecht
SMALL PACKAGES Enjoy these welterweight volumes: Make Your Bed by William McRaven, South and West by Joan Didion, and The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies. They pack a punch well above their weight class. ...by Tom Lambrecht