Cardboard Gods
An American Tale
By Josh Wilker
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Trade Paperback Reprint $15.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Josh Wilker’s “Cardboard Gods,” was first published by Seven Footer Press and as some books do, received phenomenal attention as a hard to describe genre. I would consider it a memoir told through a baseball card collection. On the other [...]
Founding Gardens
Andrea Wulf
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Strange as it may seem, Andrea Wulf, a British citizen, in her book “Founding Gardeners,” writes about her belief that what led our fledging nation to economic independence was agriculture. The first four presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were all farmers and planters. Their [...]
Wicked Bugs
By Amy Stewart
Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover $18.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Since the beginning of human existence on Earth, we humans have been bugged by bugs of all shapes and sizes, some harmless nuisances, others carrying disease and death in their poisonous venom. For example, according to Amy Stewart in “Wicked [...]
Lily
By B.J. Bassett
iUniverse Press
Softcover $14.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
B.J. Bassett practices what she teaches. The Umpqua Community College writing instructor, writes. She writes newspaper columns, magazine articles, inspirational pamphlets and books. Her novel, “Lily,” is her latest literary achievement.
“Lily” is the story of a girl whose mother dies moments after Lily is born. The setting is [...]
Oregon Favorites
Trails and Tales
By William L. Sullivan
Navillus Press
Softcover $24.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
If there is one nook and cranny in Oregon that has not been explored and written about by William L. Sullivan of Eugene, I would be surprised. His specialty is describing places off the beaten path as in his latest outdoor guide, “Oregon [...]
Lincoln on War
Our Greatest Commander-in-Chief Speaks to America
Edited by Harold Holzer
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hard cover $24.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any president before or since, however Harold Holzer, a Lincoln scholar, who has written 40 of those many books on Lincoln, has created a unique volume [...]
One Egg to Another
A Children’s Activity Book
By Della Noavoll
Illustrated by Dorothy Schattenkerk
Bravado Publishing
Paperback $10
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
The ancient Romans believed that all life comes from an egg. The origin of the Easter egg comes from an early Christian belief that eggs were the “seed of life,” symbolic of the resurrection of Christ. Eggs have [...]
The Dawn of a Dream
By Ann Shorey
Revell Publishers
Paperback $14.99
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
With the publishing of “The Dawn of a Dream,” Ann Shorey of Sutherlin concludes her trilogy of novels in the Beldon Grove series. The series is based on memoirs and documents of Shorey’s maternal ancestors, which she has expanded into historic fiction.
The third [...]
Leaves from the Past
Historic Manuscripts
By Lucinda Ann Horning
1842-1931
Illustrated by her great granddaughter
Jan Barba Horn
Transcribed from the original journals
By Mary Lee Hope
Hard Cover $19.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
“Leaves from the Past,” is an appropriate title for the beautiful preservation of Jan Barba Horn’s great grandmother’s journals that began when Lucinda Ann Horning, who was born in [...]
Damaged Goods
A Novel
By Heather Sharfeddin
Bantam Books
Trade Paperback $15
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Heather Sharfeddin (Sharf-a-deen) entertained her first grade class in Idaho with whopper stories she made up, a gift that has parlayed itself into a full time career as a novelist and the author of four novels all with Pacific Northwest settings. The McMinnville, Ore. [...]
