by Myra | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Hallie Sikes • Many people will begin the new year with grand resolutions for exercise, healthy eating or other major lifestyle changes. As a physical therapist of 14 years, I think all of those are great ideas. Sometimes people succeed in carrying through with...
by Myra | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • Metro Books, a New York publishing firm under the rubric of Visual Reference Guides, produces a series of informative books whose titles cover a wide range of subject matter. Each book explores one topic in succinct but comprehensive detail using a...
by Myra | Dec 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • If you’re not particularly peculiar about a book’s format, reading a volume consisting of interviews plucked from print periodicals doesn’t sound odd at all. On the other hand, if you’re one of those peculiar folks whose reading consists only of...
by Myra | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism, was channeling “Weird Al” Yankovic this week and came up with a couple of localized versions of Christmas classics. Here’s Mark’s version of “Jingle Bells”: Jingle...
by Myra | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • History books may justifiably be called time machines. From a subject matter standpoint, “Moyers: Report From Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787” certainly fits this description. Furthermore, its publication date, 1987, warrants a...
by Myra | Dec 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • Some books are pretty interesting and others are interestingly pretty. “Robots, Spaceships & Other Tin Toys: The Teruhisa Kitahara Collection” is both! This book provides a great opportunity for the peripatetic reviewer to wander at will...