July/August 2018

The Novels of Fannie Flagg: A Plot and a Few Laughs

Imagine a painfully shy girl so afflicted with dyslexia that she barely made it through school. She grew up to be become an actress, a comedienne, and a best-selling writer of sweet, sentimental and often side-splitting novels, including Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café.

Only 66,000,000 Years Ago: The Dinosaurs of Steve Brusatte

Brusatte’s abilities as a researcher are matched by his first-rate writing style. His most recent book, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, is a wonderfully entertaining read as well as a presentation of the state of our understanding of the Mesozoic era of the Earth’s history from 247,000,000 years ago until its violent and abrupt ending.

Books into Film

Ride the Pink Horse, a novel written by Dorothy B. Hughes, a film directed by Robert Montgomery

Antiquarian Notes

Salvator Mundi – Part 3