by Donna Rueff | Jul 7, 2018 | Books by the Beach
Summer is here, it’s vacation time–we’re off to the Tuscan town of Siena, Italy! Robert Rodi wrote Seven Seasons in Siena: My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Italy’s Proudest People in 2011 after spending seven seasons in Siena between the summers of 2003...
by mmtech | Jun 7, 2018 | Books by the Beach
by Rachel Kushner I’ve been thinking about the recent end of the Castro era in Cuba (both Fidel and Raul), which led me to think about pre-1959 Cuba. Even though I was still in grade school when Batista was overthrown and the revolutionaries took over, I remember it....
by mmtech | May 7, 2018 | Books by the Beach
By David Michie This month’s offering is in celebration of the third child born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (William and Catherine) on April 23, 2018; and of the pending marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. It also marks the passing of...
by mmtech | Apr 7, 2018 | Books by the Beach
By Neil deGrasse Tyson When I was in high school all those decades ago, I was firmly anchored to Earth and on the liberal arts track. I had little interest in the sciences, and NONE in physics. All those equations… are you kidding?? What would I need that for? What...
by mmtech | Mar 7, 2018 | Books by the Beach
By Alexander McCall Smith Whenever a new book in the #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series is released, it’s an occasion to retreat to our favorite reading place for an uninterrupted afternoon of enjoyment with our old friends who remind us of the important things in...
