Books: Kerri Miller's Pick of the Week
- Book pick: 'Wingshooters' by Nina Revoyr
Kerri's book Pick of the Week is "Wingshooters" by Nina Revoyr. The Los Angeles Times calls it "a searing, anguished novel about racial bigotry in a small, insulated Wisconsin town named Deerhorn, where people who were born there tend not to leave."The Daily Circuit, April 16, 2012 - Book pick: David Crystal's 'The Story of English in 100 Words'
The Publisher's Weekly review of Crystal's history of the English language and how we use it called the book "a must-read for word lovers." He starts with a word you might not even recognize as English - Hwaet - and takes us right up to "Twitterverse."The Daily Circuit, April 9, 2012 - Book pick: "Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer
Kerri's book Pick of the Week is Jonah Lehrer's "Imagine: How Creativity Works."The Daily Circuit, April 2, 2012 - Book pick: "Dust to Dust," by Benjamin Busch
Kerri's book Pick of the Week is "Dust to Dust," a memoir by Benjamin Busch. He is an Iraq War veteran and Kerri found his memories from the Marine Corps vivid, but it was his memories of growing up on his parent's farm that really struck her.The Daily Circuit, March 26, 2012 - Book pick: "House of Stone" by Anthony Shadid
Kerri's Pick of the Week is "House of Stone," journalist Anthony Shadid's memoir of returning to Lebanon to renovate his family's ancestral home. Shadid was a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist for the New York Times.The Daily Circuit, March 19, 2012 - Book pick: Suzanne Collins' 'The Hunger Games'
The New York Times called the young adult novel, in which a group of children are forced to fight to the death in an annual competition, "brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced."The Daily Circuit, March 12, 2012 - Book pick: Henning Mankell's 'The Fifth Woman'
Kerri's Pick of the Week is 'The Fifth Woman' by Scandinavian crime writer Henning Mankell. It's the sixth book featuring Mankell's most famous character, Inspector Kurt Wallander, a police officer in the small Swedish town of Ystad.The Daily Circuit, March 5, 2012 - Book pick: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's "A Slave in the White House"
"This is historical research that few historians even knew about," Kerri said. "Through the uncovering of new diaries and the writings of slaves, it reveals African American history that's been missing."The Daily Circuit, February 27, 2012 - Book pick: Robert Kagan's 'The World America Made'
Kerri admires Kagan's "counter intuitive thinking" and says Kagan's argument that America is not in decline is "very clear and persuasive."The Daily Circuit, February 21, 2012
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From the book table: An Extraordinary History of Objects
December 6, 2012, 14:12 PM Tis the season for holiday gifts – and plenty of hard-bound goods have been arriving on the Daily Circuit book table as we get into the wintery days. My favorite new discovery from the table this week is Stephanie LaCava’s new book, An Extraordinary Theory of Objects (just released this Wednesday), which is truly a Read more → -
2012′s notable books
November 28, 2012, 14:11 PM As we draw near the end of the year, the inevitable “best of” lists begin to arrive on every news site. Yesterday, The New York Times released its annual 100 Notable Books list. Here on The Daily Circuit, we were excited to see that a number of amazing authors Kerri and Tom interviewed over the Read more → -
From the book (and magazine) table: Matter
November 14, 2012, 17:11 PM This week's book table is instead a magazine table - focusing on a site brought to Kerri's attention on Twitter, which led to quite The Daily Circuit science geek-out fest. Read more → -
What classic should we read next?
November 8, 2012, 10:11 AM 'Goodnight Moon?' 'The History of Standard Oil?' Plus share your thoughts about "A Streetcar Named Desire." Read more →
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