A basic overview of Islam which professes to educate comprehensively but this reader felt it skimmed rather than engaged with the subject
Category Archives: Non fiction
Crossing the Continent: The Stories of Transportation’s Trailblazers by Norman Tyler
An historical book revealing the trials, innovations and collaborations that led to America’s western expansion – oh, and the characters!
Lost in Translation – Misadventures in English Abroad by Charlie Croker
Charlie Croker’s book gathers together a strangely curious collection of translated snippets from people’s travels abroad
A Pictorial History: Little River Park and Dam by Timothy K. Smith
A lovely book of recollection, appreciation and family memories, collated together with many wonderful photos of Little River Park & Dam, SC
The Pursuit by Jim Ruth
A family memoir which is also a potted American history, showing the author’s family members’ significant involvement in many key events
The Night Garden: Of My Mother by Sandra Tyler
Sandra Tyler in her memoir has crafted something which at times is hard to read in its candour but whose essence is deeply touching
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
A wonderful book compiled from a collection of letters, depicting the time Isabella Bird spent in the Rockies in the 1800s
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee
A bookseller tells us about selling books alongside a history of books; but this is not just about facts. This is about the love of books
A Paper Orchestra by Michael Jamin
An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
Not so much a book as an essay in book form, this little hardback is a treatise on why children’s books should be read by adults too.
Scuffed Granny 