Books

  • Book Review: American Grown

    By on July 31, 2012

    The Kitchen Garden at the White House, begun by Mrs. Obama in 2009, has come to symbolize bringing the...

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    Polly Castor
  • Good Picture Books for Kindergarten

    By on July 28, 2012

    My niece just finished her first year teaching kindergarten in a top ranked magnet school. Recently, I shopped an...

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    Polly Castor
  • Giving Myself Permission Not to Finish These Two Books

    By on July 11, 2012

    Reading books is a glorious oasis for me, which is why it was an unexpected revelation that I actually...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Last Man in Tower

    By on July 10, 2012

    This book seemed to take forever for me to get through. I read this because I had found...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: A Bigger Message (Conversations with David Hockney)

    By on June 22, 2012

    I found this book fascinating and give it five stars. David Hockney’s work has spanned a provocative period...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Sketchbook Confidential

    By on June 12, 2012

    I’ve read through this book slowly, a couple of page spreads at a time: each artist featured here had...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The White Tiger

    By on June 8, 2012

    This is an eye opening novel of corruption and oppression in modern day India. The protagonist cannot free...

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    Polly Castor
  • Artist Paul Signac

    By on June 2, 2012

    I’ve been studying up on the artist Paul Signac, who is new to me and I find his work...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Joy Diet

    By on June 1, 2012

    I really liked this self-help book written by the foremost “life coach” in the country. By taking in...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: A Homemade Life

    By on May 16, 2012

    I really enjoyed this book and give it five stars. Officially, it is a book of essays preceding...

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    Polly Castor
  • Sprouted Spelt Flour

    By on April 12, 2012

    Sprouted flour is actually food, instead of the trumped up emptiness that fills so much of the baked goods...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Cookbook Collector

    By on March 21, 2012

    This was an easy, entertaining read about hunger and acquisition during the dot.com bubble of a little over a...

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    Polly Castor

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