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Book Review: Technology and chaotic government programs doom family farms in ‘Land Rich Cash Poor’

By JEFF ROWE
Aug 27, 2024 9:37 am - Brian Reisinger's “Land Rich Cash Poor” emerges as an anthem to the family farm in America, romanticized despite the never-ending work even in good times, which have been...
Book Review: ‘Swallow the Ghost’ a promising but uneven exploration of memory in internet age

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 27, 2024 9:29 am - In many ways, Eugenie Montague’s “Swallow the Ghost” feels like three separate novels. That’s what makes her debut novel so imaginative — and also so frustrating. The sto...
Book Review: In ‘The Slow Road North,’ a New York writer finds solace in a Northern Irish town

By MAE ANDERSON
Aug 23, 2024 8:12 am - Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal? In “The Slow Road North,” writer Rosie Schaap chronicles her circuitous route from being a New Yorker to finding herself settling down far away in a small town in Northern Ireland.
Book Review: Former Pentagon insider says U.S. unwilling to release all its UFO info

By JEFF ROWE
Aug 23, 2024 8:03 am - A procession of books in recent years have explored the UFO phenomenon but few perhaps with the authority Luis Elizondo brings as a Defense Department insider, laboring for decades to learn who the visitors are, where they are from and what they want.
Palatine author to release horror romance book

Submitted by Aiden Branss Books
Aug 21, 2024 8:27 am - Alexia Sosin, a promising young author from Palatine, is set to captivate readers once again with her highly anticipated second book.
Book Review: Moon Unit Zappa memoir rides messy legacy of father’s genius on journey to self-love

By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Aug 19, 2024 10:52 am - Moon Unit Zappa got the question a lot, particularly during the “Valley Girl” years: “What was it like growing up with Frank Zappa for a dad?” The eldest daughter of the...
Book Review: ‘Kent State’ a chilling examination of 1970 campus shooting and its ramifications

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 19, 2024 7:20 am - More than a half century has passed since Ohio National Guard members opened fire on college students during a war protest at Kent State University, killing four students...
Book Review: ‘How to Leave the House’ by Nathan Newman marks the debut of a bold new fiction voice

By ROB MERRILL
Aug 16, 2024 9:48 am - Before you read a word of “How to Leave the House” by Nathan Newman, it may help to know that a TV adaptation is already in the works. This is a book that unfolds like it’s destined for the small screen.
Book Review: ‘Secret Life of the Universe’ is a primer on search for life beyond Earth

By ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 16, 2024 9:10 am - As director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol’s work is focused on answering the question of whether we’re al...
Book Review: Nate Silver makes a compelling case for taking more risks in ‘On the Edge’

By KRYSTA FAURIA
Aug 16, 2024 8:32 am - In “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything,” Nate Silver compellingly theorizes that humans are in general too risk averse, and that those who can discerningly fight that impulse often benefit greatly in life.

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