Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race on Sept. 6, 2016 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in… June 9, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 8 ★★★★★
Made in America Add to Goodreads In Made in America, Bill Bryson de–mythologizes his native land—explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say “lootenant” and “Toosday,” how Americans were eating junk food long before the word… April 19, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★½
Spin to Knit: The Knitter’s Guide to Making Yarn on Oct. 1, 2006 Pages: 128 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Knitters who want new worlds to conquer can reach for this guide to handspinning their own designer yarns. A rundown on equipment introduces the drop spindle, supported spindle, niddy-noddy, McMorran… Read more »
Great World Religions: Christianity Series: Great World Religions Also in this series: Great World Religions: Judaism As the world’s largest religion, with more than two billion members, Christianity is “one of religion’s great success stories,” notes Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, himself a former Benedictine monk. But Christianity is more than… Read more »
Great World Religions: Judaism Series: Great World Religions Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Great World Religions: Christianity What is the essence of Judaism? Is it the Ten Commandments, given by God to Israel at Mount Sinai? Or is it the totality of teachings in the Hebrew Bible? Or… Read more »
The Nesting Place by Myquillyn Smith Published by Zondervan on April 29th 2014 Genres: House and Home, Nonfiction Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Perfection is overrated. Popular blogger and self-taught decorator Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) is all about embracing reality—especially when it comes to decorating… Read more »
The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on March 4th 2014 Genres: Humor, Nonfiction Pages: 100 Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: All Wound Up The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes takes on… Read more »
Fairy Homes and Gardens by Ashley Rooney and Barbara Purchia Published by Schiffer Publishing, Limited on 2014-10-28 Genres: Crafts, Gardening, Nonfiction Pages: 128 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Many supernatural creatures are said to inhabit our world. Their magical, wonderland realm has been the subject of many books, movies,… Read more »
The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane by Kathleen Kaska Published by University Press of Florida on September 16th 2012 Genres: Nature Pages: 224 Format: ARC Source: the publisher Millions of people know a little bit about efforts to save the whooping crane… But few realize that in the spring… Read more »
All Wound Up by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on October 18, 2011 Genres: Crafts, Humor Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes “. . . a sort of David Sedaris-like… Read more »
