Book Review
Ellie Ment and the Material Matter
by Willem Marx
"Ellie Ment and the Material Matter" is a witty, warmhearted novel about kindness, truth, and science. In Bertie Stephens’s wonderful mystery novel "Ellie Ment and the Material Matter", an aspiring scientist investigates a blaze at her...
Book Review
W is for Winnipeg
by Willem Marx
"W is for Winnipeg" is a dynamic and inviting picture book tour through the city’s significant sites. Rae St. Clair Bridgman’s fun and educational picture book "W is for Winnipeg" covers significant landmarks in Winnipeg’s built...
Book Review
Life at Shutter Speed
by Willem Marx
"Life at Shutter Speed" is a photographer’s retrospective that captures the glamour and danger of motor vehicle culture. A retrospective focused on custom cars, races, and international race culture, Larry Chen’s "Life at Shutter...
Book Review
Tracing Ma’di Roots and Connections
by Willem Marx
"Tracing Ma’di Roots and Connections" is a brief scholarly survey of the history, culture, and branching influence of Western Africa’s Ma’di people. An academic monograph on the Ma’di people of West Africa and their diaspora...
Book Review
Schattenfroh
by Willem Marx
An inestimable novel of ideas, Michael Lentz’s monumental book "Schattenfroh" follows the consciousness of a trapped man as he thinks through his existence, his relationship to his father, and centuries of German culture. “One calls...
Book Review
Rome and America
by Willem Marx
Active, engaging, and encyclopedic, the political science text "Rome and America" compares and contrasts two great nations. A grand historical analysis of the similarities between ancient Rome’s republican period and the United States...
Book Review
Shadow of the Yew Tree
by Willem Marx
Two people with complicated relationships to magic find each other and fall in love in the rich fantasy novel "Shadow of the Yew Tree". In Kate Gateley’s immersive fantasy novel "Shadow of the Yew Tree", two people outrun their dark...
Book Review
Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks
by Willem Marx
The nature essays in "Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks" represent an enormous swath of scientific, cultural, and biological knowledge on the iconic brown bear. A treasure trove of information on the majestic brown bear, these...
