Books & Reviews

It seems today every man and his dog has a blog reviewing books - some are professional reviewers, many are amatuers.  Many blog / review on...

Sarah Losh: Forgotten Heroine

From The Economist : In The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine—Antiquarian, Architect and Visionary,  Jenny Uglow...

Amelia Earhart - Case Closed

Fred Noonan & Amelia Earhart I have just finished " Amelia Earhart - Case Closed " by Mike and Marjie Markowski, the revised e...

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

Environmental journalist Florence Williams says that "Breasts are bellwethers for the changing health of people.” It was after reading...

Twelve Rooms of the Nile

“To speak the names of the dead is to make them live again.” –The Book of the Dead There is no more apt way to introduce celebrated poet and...

Marilyn by Lois Banner

MARILYN: The Passion and the Paradox  -  Hers was a life lived fully and ambitiously, and cut short tragically; this much we all know is tru...

Review - Calling Invisible Women

Review of "Calling Invisible Women" by Ben Steelman at Star News Online : Ever since H.G. Wells' 1897 novel, the notion of inv...

Anonymous in Their Own Names

From We-enews : Edward L. Bernays, Heywood Broun and Harold Ross have long been lauded as media innovators, their accomplishments chronicled...