Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: La politique dans la peau by John Parisella
Part autobiography, part memoir, John Parisella’s latest book takes a retrospective look about Quebec politics from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Book of the Month Club: A Very Courageous Decision by Graham McCann
T. A. Wellington reviews Graham McCann’s book “A Very Courageous Decision”, charting the making of what should have been Britain’s Best Sitcom.
Book of the Month Club: The Boy Detective by Roger Rosenblatt
T. A. Wellington reviews “The Boy Detective”, a memoir by Roger Rosenblatt looking back on life in New York in the 1940s.
Book of the Month Club: Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
T. A. Wellington reviews Alan Cumming’s “Not My Father’s Son”, an emotional memoir about growing up with an abusive father.
Book of the Month Club: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
T. A. Wellington reviews the much-anticipated “new” book from Harper Lee, the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird: Go Set a Watchman.
Book of the Month Club: Astronomy 101 by Carolyn Petersen
Book of the Month Club: Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
Review of Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell’s book “Empty Mansions”, telling the tale of an independent woman living at the turn of the century.
Book of the Month Club: The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett, edited by Seán Lawlor and John Pilling
Review of “The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett”, edited by Seán Lawlor and John Pilling.
Book of the Month Club: Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer
A tale about a professor who takes the term “fanboy” to an entirely new level, and not just metaphysically.
Book of the Month Club: Echo’s Bones by Samuel Beckett
Book of the Month Club: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Book of the Month Club: All I Can Say for Sure by John McAuley
Book of the Month Club: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s latest is a journey into the magic of childhood and its contrast with the rationality of adults.
Book of the Month Club: The Great War for Peace by William Mulligan
Reflections on how World War I brokered the world peace of today.
Book of the Month Club: THE GARMENTS OF COURT AND PALACE by Philip Bobbitt
Machiavelli re-examined as a not a scheming civil servant.
Book of the Month Club : The Universe Within by Neil Turok
Book about quantum physics from the CBC Massey lectures reviewed here.
Book of the Month Club: THE WORK OF POVERTY by Lance Duerfahrd
Lance Duerfahrd explores waiting for Godot and the significance of its various performances.
Book of the Month Club: After It Rains by Bill Haugland
Short story collection by former news anchor captures broad segment of society.