JFK’s Favorite Books
From Mrs. Kennedy, by Barbara Leaming: Jackie, starved for conversation about books and ideas, was captivated when, early on, Jack gave her two of his favorite books as a way of explaining to her who …
Reader Recommendations
Reader Recommendations
Neglected books recommended by visitors to this site.
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Three Recommendations from Patrick Kurp
In his blog, Anecdotal Evidence, Patrick Kurp gives a nice plug for this site and offers three recommendations of his own: The Pleasure of Ruins, by Rose Macaulay A wide-ranging travel book, in which Macaulay …
Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, Resources, Condition and Proposed Canal, by E. G. Squier
From The New York Times, 19 April 1998: Traveling Companions By STEPHEN KINZER … One of my favorites is a forgotten classic called Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, Resources, Condition and Proposed Canal, by E. …
The Family Carnovsky, by I. J. Singer
Israel Joshua Singer was the older brother of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer. Also a novelist, I. J. Singer wrote several well-regarded sagas of Jewish life in Germany and Poland. Here’s what Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote …