Tag Archives: Joyce Vance

Week beginning 4 December 2024

Dava Sobel The Elements of Marie Curie How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Grove Atlantic | Atlantic Monthly Press, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Marie Curie who emerges from this book would appreciate the way in which it isContinue reading “Week beginning 4 December 2024”

Week beginning 27 November 2024

Charlotte Booth and Brian Billington The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London Pen & Sword | White Owl, November 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London provides yet another source for understanding and exploring London through aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 November 2024”

Week beginning 20 November 2024

Carol Ann Lloyd Courting the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I And Her Suitors Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, July 2024. The great strength of this account of Queen Elizabeth and her suitors is its commitment to providing a broad account of marriage in the period, the context in which a woman, and aContinue reading “Week beginning 20 November 2024”

Week Beginning 13 November 2024

Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen Hollywood Behind the Lens Treasures from the Bison Archives Globe Pequot Lyons Press, May 2024. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the story of loss and an amazing effort to redeem this loss – the accumulation of Hollywood memorabilia undertaken through the BisonContinue reading “Week Beginning 13 November 2024”

Week beginning 5 November

Articles and some light relief: Bob McMullan; Heather Cox Richardson; Joyce Vance; Jess Piper; Cindy Lou and food. American Politics Bob McMullan Final US election review Less than one day until the polls close. In Australia it will be Wednesday before we know who wins. The election remains very unpredictable. That does not necessarily meanContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November”

Week beginning 25 September 2024

Elizabeth Strout Tell Me Everything Penguin General UK (Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Viking) September 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Strout brings magic to her work and Tell Me Everything is no different.  Bob Burgess and Margaret Estaver live in Maine. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 25 September 2024”