Books about Instrumental Music

Books about Instrumental Music

784. Books about instruments & instrumental ensembles Further Reading: The links below may be affiliate links. If you use one of these links to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no charge to you.  Anshel Brusilow and Robin Underdahl Shoot the...

Books on Birds

Books on Birds

598.Book on birds  Further Reading: The following links are affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no cost to you.  Tony Angell The House of Owls, 2015. For twenty-five years, Tony Angell and his family kept a nesting...

Books on Social Problems and Services

Books on Social Problems and Services

360. Books on social problems & services Further Reading: Susan C. Daffron Funds to the Rescue: 101 Fundraising Ideas for Humane and Animal Rescue Groups, 2011. Former president of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals, Susan C. Daffron, offers this...

Books on Islam, Bavism, and the Bah’ai Faith

Books on Islam, Bavism, and the Bah’ai Faith

297. Books on Islam, Bavism & Bahai Faith Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. I will make a small commission from your purchase if you use them. Fouad Ajami The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon, 1986. Before 1959, when Musa Al...

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Book Review

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Book Review

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation by Thomas C. Foster My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m particular about the nonfiction books I read. While serving as a high school librarian years ago, I read...

Books on the History of Central Asia

Books on the History of Central Asia

958. Books on the History of Central Asia Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission.  Steve Coll Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the C.I.A., Afghanistan, And Bin Laden, From the Soviet...

Books on General Music

Books on General Music

780. Books on music Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. If you use them, I may receive a small commission from your purchase.  Amiri Baraka Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music, 2010. Scholar Amiri Baraka, African American...

Recommended Book about Judaism

Recommended Book about Judaism

296. Books about Judaism The links below are affiliate links. I may receive a small commission on your purchase if you use them.  Further Reading: Samuel G. Freedman Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry, 2000. Journalist Samuel Freedman explores...

River Town by Peter Hessler | A Review

River Town by Peter Hessler | A Review

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve never been to China. After reading the first book in Peter Hessler’s trilogy that chronicles his experiences as an American living in China on the cusp of the 21st century, I now...

Books on the Middle East

Books on the Middle East

956. Books on the Middle East (Near East) The links below may be affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no cost.  Further Reading: Thomas Asbridge The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and...