Month: October 2009

How Lincoln Learned to Read (Daniel Wolffe)

How Lincoln Learned to Read by Daniel Wolff Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on March 17th 2009 Genres: Nonfiction Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin… October 13, 2009 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★½

Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn mysteries

In the last month or two, I’ve been rereading Ngaio Marsh’s superb mystery series featuring Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard, most of them for the first time in almost 10 years. I loved them in my high school and college days, and collected the lot, most of them in hardcover… Read more »