COLUMNS
Book Report: New book, same old Henry
Ever since I read “The Education of Henry Adams,” I’ve thought of its author, the great-grandson of our second president and grandson of John Quincy Adams, as a sanctimonious little prig.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 24, 2012
Book Report: Even Rough Rider Teddy couldn’t tame NYC
Back in the 1950s adolescents looking for exciting reading about the facts of life, etc., turned to a series of books by muckraking journalists Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 18, 2012
Book Report: Have a peek at this American family 
The Dale family — Mom, Dad, son Zak, daughter Chloe and Lars the dog — come together for a typical American supper:
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 11, 2012
Some spies never rest; revisit fictional Door County
Tom Nash seemingly has it made. He’s a retired British spy. He lives on the Cote D’Azur, the French Riviera, hobnobs with artists and writers and expatriates like Gerald and Sara Murphy.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 04, 2012
Book Report: Founding Fathers resisted almighty presidency
“The superb landscape…is a rich regalia. We found all the farmers busily employed in gathering, grinding, and expressing the juice of their apples; the crop of which they say is rather above mediocrity.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 27, 2012
Book Report: Romance genre blooms with ‘Rumspringa’
I hail from Whitehall where there’s a large settlement of Amish who moved in forty-odd years ago.
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 19, 2012
Book Report: Bubbling alcohol picks the king
As the TV announcer used to say, “How would you like to be queen for a day? Or even longer, or maybe even king?”
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 13, 2012
Book Report: Books have political verve, movie potential
If you’re wondering how we ever got so disastrously involved in Iraq, you might begin by reading “Arrows of the Night,” by Richard Bonin (Doubleday, $27.95).
By Dave Wood, columnist , April 05, 2012
Book Report: Even far away, zombies the rage What’s with the current zombie craze?
You can’t turn on the TV without a commercial for an upcoming zombie movie.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 22, 2012
Book Report: For these two titles, you may end up reading without a break
“Death on Cache Lake,” by Dan Woll and John W. Lyon (Romeii LLC, $14.99), is available in bookstores, at Amazon.com, Kindle, bookstores and on a website at www.danwoll.com.
It’s a humdinger of a thriller, told with great style and, unlike many thrillers, with a sense of purpose.
March 08, 2012
COLUMN: Visions of cookies dancing in my head
It’s Girl Scout cookie time again and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.
By By Jeff Holmquist , February 17, 2012
Book Report: Take a spin with this Beetle
I well remember the late 1950s when I was finally in the market to buy a car. Suddenly, all manner of teeny little cars were appearing on the market.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 17, 2012
Book Report: Detective gets at China’s underbelly
Here’s a book I wish I could have read five years ago, just before I took my first and probably last trip to China.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 10, 2012
Book Report: About those book covers…
I was told years ago by my English teacher Sara Keeler that one should never judge a book by its cover, but I couldn’t resist the wrapping of Minnesota author Carla Hagen’s new book from North Star Press of St. Cloud, “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 26, 2012
Book Report: Try authors with an edgy twist
I’ve been a big fan of female humorists for years, starting from the days when I first read about Dorothy Parker and her antics at the Algonquin Hotel. That’s where she parried with the male wits like Alexander Woolcott and Robert Benchley to great acclaim.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 20, 2012
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