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BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES | Kirkus Reviews

THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 58 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity, […]

DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY | Kirkus Reviews

THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 59 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity, […]

COLETTE | Kirkus Reviews

A CARTOON COLLECTION by Steve Martin illustrated by Harry Bliss ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 17, 2020 A virtuoso performance and an ode to an undervalued medium created by two talented artists. Likes 22 Our Verdict GET IT The veteran actor, comedian, and banjo player teams up with the acclaimed illustrator to create a unique book […]

AN UNBALANCED FORCE | Kirkus Reviews

by Laura Nowlin ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2013 There’s not much plot here, but readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut. Autumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart; their mothers are still best friends. Growing up, Autumn and […]

PONY CONFIDENTIAL | Kirkus Reviews

by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a […]

BEWARE THE DRAGON AND THE NOZZLEWOCK | Kirkus Reviews

A dragon smart enough to see through a knight’s “I DO NOT seek your gold!” might seem fearful enough. But Madan’s collection of poetry, presented in comics format, features plenty of formidable characters, from the boneless “Squishosaurs” (“We glide across the countryside / And in our viscous wake, / The T. Rexes trudge terrified, / […]

THE COLLABORATORS | Kirkus Reviews

by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020 A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Likes 228 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on […]

BUILDING A LIGHT | Kirkus Reviews

A heartfelt, if sometimes-dense, account of a medical residency that will appeal most to readers intending to follow a… An inspirational memoir that takes a detailed look at a physical therapy residency facing exceptional circumstances. Following an injuryas a competitive runner during his senior year of high school, Tao learned about the field of physical […]

PEOPLE AND TREES | Kirkus Reviews

by Kristin Hannah ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2004 Heartfelt, yes, but pretty routine. Life lessons. Angie Malone, the youngest of a big, warm Italian-American family, returns to her Pacific Northwest hometown to wrestle with various midlife disappointments: her divorce, Papa’s death, a downturn in business at the family restaurant, and, above all, her childlessness. […]

ADVENTURES AT LAKE OMIGOSH | Kirkus Reviews

by Tish Rabe ; illustrated by Laura Hughes ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2016 While this is a fairly bland treatment compared to Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis’ The Twelve Days of… Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The […]