Category Archives: Books

Book Review: Peculiar Home

Posted on February 20, 2012 by lanoras

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children By Ransom Riggs This book is a quirky, fun, adventure that transports a modern American teenager through space into an isolated Welsh island, and through time to World War II. In Florida, Jacob finds … Continue reading →

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My Velocette Daze

Posted on January 17, 2012 by lanoras

My Velocette Days By Leonard J. Moseley Transport Bookman Limited 1975 London England This book is a great addition to anyone curious about motorcycle history. It is a must-read for the person interested in the Velocette marque. Unfortunately it is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

Posted on January 3, 2012 by lanoras

The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht Natalia, a young doctor from a Balkan country learns that her beloved grandfather has died under unusual circumstances. Knowing he has cancer, the grandfather, also a medical doctor, crossed the border and died in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

Posted on November 12, 2011 by lanoras

Here’s a book I had great expectations for. I’d enjoyed Eugenides’ previous novel, Middlesex. His new book promised something even rarer: a heroine that I could relate to. One thread of the story follows Madeleine who graduates from college in … Continue reading →

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Motorcycle Book Library: Off-Road Giants!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by lanoras

Heroes of 1960’s Motorcycle Sport:  Off-Road Giants! Volume 2 By Andy Westlake 2011, Veloce Publishing Ltd. http://www.veloce.co.uk Veloce Publising Ltd. has done it again.  Off-Road Giants volume 2 is a wonderfully produced compilation of interviews, biographical sketches and beautifully reproduced … Continue reading →

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