Shelf Reflections

Because I Said So! by Ken Jennings

“’Ken Jennings reveals the truth behind all those things you tell your children’ (Parade) in this entertaining and useful New[…]

“Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust[…]

“One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of King Lear. Jeevan[…]

“Birmingham, Alabama is infested with malevolence. Prejudice and hatred have consumed the minds and hearts of its populace. A murderer,[…]

“Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might[…]

“Even when she’s not starting it, trouble follows Marissa everywhere. First there was the incident with the homicidal Fairy Godmother.[…]

“When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The[…]

“Leading the U.S.S. Nimitz survivors has forced Father Xavier Church to make some hard decisions, but he’s protected his flock.[…]

“Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it[…]

“In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching[…]