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Title: Washington: A Life Author: Ron Chernow Publisher: Penguin Press 904 pages ISBN: 978-1594202667 Source: Publicist Grade: ...

A Reader's Respite has been taking a short vacation from the blogging business, but what better day to return to the fray than Earth Da...

At the beginning of the 20th century many parts of the Pacific Northwest were still, by our standards, still wild and unsettled.  Across...

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As historical fiction fans, how much do you actually know about the time periods that serve as a background for many of your favorite novels...

A Reader's Respite is an admitted fool when it comes to art. Despite three art history classes, we never did understand the attraction ...

While A Reader's Respite makes no religious claims whatsoever, we do enjoy reading some of the more *ahem* extreme ends of the theologi...

Review: Columbine, by Dave Cullen A Reader's Respite is lately addicted to our Ipod. Actually, we have an entire laundry-list of neu...

The Lost City of Z , by David Grann A Reader's Respite loves adventure books. We figured out a long time ago that reading about nasty b...