Author: Jack Tager Title: Boston Riots Publication Info: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2001. ISBN: 1555534600 Summary/Review: It’s hard to believe that a book on rioting can be dull, but Tager pulls it off. First, he relies strictly on the high school essay formula of stating objectives, writing about them, and then summarizing. Like every [...]
Archive for September 28th, 2011
28 Sep
Book Review: Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
Author: David Byrne Title: Bicycle Diaries Publication Info: New York : Viking, c2009. ISBN: 9780670021147 Summary/Review: David Byrne has a folding bike and takes it with him on his travels around the world. This book collects his ruminations from cycling through many great cities. Sometimes they are observations on what he sees from the saddle, [...]
28 Sep
Book Review: The Boneshaker by Kate Milford
Author: Kate Milford Title: The Boneshaker Publication Info: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010. ISBN: 9780547241876 Summary/Review: Don’t let the Young Adult label fool you, this is a terrific eerie thriller involving bicycles, carnivals, patent medicines, automatons and the Devil. Set in a mysterious Southern town near the crossroads, the narrative follows young Natalie Minks as [...]
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