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24.03.2025

Review of “Let Us Descend” by Jesmyn Ward | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

Inferno is the first book of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century 3-part narrative poem The Divine Comedy. Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalized version of Dante downward through the circles of Hell. He is guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, who says to Dante in Canto IV, "Let us descend now into the…

Rhapsody in Books Weblog

31.03.2025

Review of “The Secret Lives of Numbers:  A Hidden History of Math’s Unsung Trailblazers” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

Note: This review is by my husband Jim. This book is devoted to the development of significant and important mathematical concepts, the full history of which has been long neglected or forgotten in the interest of promulgating a Eurocentric perspective. Perhaps not surprisingly, many of the persons involved were women, who, in spite of their…

Rhapsody in Books Weblog

07.04.2025

Review of “The Jackal’s Mistress” by Chris Bohjalian | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

This Civil War story that begins in September, 1864, is based on a true one, but with a non-historical romance woven into the real life events. Libby Steadman, 24, was operating a gristmill in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, an area that had changed hands several times between the Rebels and the Yankees. She was…

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14.04.2025

Kid Lit Review of “How Do You Eat Color?” By Mabi David | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

A small boy and girl along with their pet chameleon go through the day exploring the tastes and smells of differently colored fruits and vegetables. The lyrical text, combined with brightly colored illustrations by Yas Doctor, encourages readers to reimagine fruits and vegetables in different sensory ways. What feelings does the taste of each food…

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