reading notes

by Peter Sís
ISBN: 0374375526
Caldecott-honored Sís tells a fantastic yet true story in this book. When Sís was a small child, his father, a documentary filmmaker, was sent away to film a highway project in remote China. What was supposed to be a two-month absence stretched out to two missed Christmases. When Sís is injured, his [...]

His Dark Materials Book I
by Philip Pullman
ISBN: 037582345X
This is one of those books I was both interested in and leery of reading because of all the buzz surrounding it. Interest finally won out; I’m glad it did.
The book did have its flaws, and while it may seem unfair to lead with those, I’m going [...]

by Daniel Harris
ISBN: 0306810476
This book isn’t science: Harris is an essayist, one whose words have bite and humor, so he doesn’t follow up his pronouncements with statistics. His theories appeal (or don’t) based on the style of his argument and the reader’s willingness to take a few jabs along the way. He isn’t apologetic about [...]

by Elizabeth Ferrer
ISBN: 0917418964
This book is a catalogue for an exhibition of the same name that toured mostly in the American west and midwest in the early and mid-nineties. The production values were quite high, and it weighs in at a little over 140 pages.
I’m suspicious of any collection that aims to provide a survey [...]