Reviews

Staff Review

The Diviners by Libba Bray


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Nov 28, 2012

After a drunken party trick goes terribly wrong, flapper Evie O’Neill is sent to spend her summer in exile with her uncle—if Jazz Age New York with its speakeasies, handsome boys and raucous parties can be considered exile.  The trouble is, once she gets there, a series of gruesome murders spreads across the city, and Evie and her party tricks might be the only thing that can

Staff Review Nov 26, 2012

This rambling mystery moves from Berlin to Prague as Bernie Gunther, recently on the Eastern Front with the German army, resumes his work as detective.  While investigating the death of a Dutch railway worker he becomes involved with a local girl he assumes to be a prostitute.  When he is ordered by the Nazis to go to Prague, she accompanies him and stays in a hotel

Staff Review Nov 25, 2012

I jumped on the don’t-eat-anything-you-can’t-pronounce bandwagon about five years ago. While I’ve lost no weight and have yet to be inspired to lead a “healthy lifestyle,” my HDLs have gone way up, my LDLs way down, and my husband has experienced the longest period of remission of his Crohn’s disease in ten years.

Staff Review

Certified Copy (DVD)


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Nov 24, 2012

Abba Kiarostami is a legendary Iranian director , and Certified Copy is his first movie shot outside Iran and produced in the English language.

Staff Review Nov 19, 2012

Editors Anderson & Forman, both writers and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have compiled an anthology of essays and verse detailing experiences with ASD either as parents, teachers, advocates and therapists.  All of the contributors are experienced writers and parents of children with ASD who candidly share their journeys

Staff Review Nov 18, 2012

Mental institutions were exposed for the unspeakable places they were in the 1970’s.  The exposure led to the closing of most of these human warehouses and the development of education and community services for families and individuals with disabilities.  Laws regarding guardianship and the basic rights of people with disabilities hav