reviews

Why You Should Get In On This Latest Nation-Wide Fiction Addiction Author: George R. R. Martin Shall I tell you a story? Once upon a time, there was a sleepy grad student who forgot to bring her reading material on the metro. Seeking to please her boyfriend  (i.e. get some major points) and get some necessary fiction time in before the school house grind, she (aka yours truly) picked up the Game of Thrones book.  And, well, now I’m intimidated. I’m actually going to do it; I’m going to review Game of Thrones because, obviously, there aren’t enough reviews of [...]

Have cane, will travel... Author:  Jason Roberts Humans have been explorers since the dawn of time. Ever since our Homo sapiens ancestors ventured out of Africa some 70,000 years ago we have displayed a seemingly unquenchable drive to explore every corner of our planet.   From the Phoenicians and the Polynesians to the prehistoric colonizers of North America, humans have been unstoppable, often despite overwhelming adversity. That drive has continued into modern times, in the form of celebrated heroes like Marco Polo, Magellan and Captain Cook. But despite countless generations of daring adventurers, there may never have been a more remarkable [...]

Rain, I don't mind... Author:  Cynthia Barnett Is it going to rain today? Here in the meteorologically capricious Midwest, this might be the most commonly asked question on any given day. The answer is always the same, whether you ask your next door neighbor, the lifeguard at the pool or the local TV weather personality. It might. Given how much it affects our daily lives, it’s remarkable how much trouble modern science has predicting if it’s going to rain. In Rain, a wide-ranging and entertaining exploration of Earth’s life sustaining liquid precipitation, journalist Cynthia Barnett reveals much about humanity’s never [...]