Kathryn Atwood
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Articles by this Author
Portraits of the Prairie: The Land That Inspired Willa Cather Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published July 19, 2011
- Art
Author: Richard Schilling, Foreword by Ted Kooser
Publisher: University of Nebraska PressISBN: 978-0-8032-2260-1
Darkness Hides the Flowers: A True Story of Holocaust Survival Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published July 15, 2011
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Jerry L. Jennings as told by Ida Hoffmann Firestone
ISBN: 978-0-9819417-8-3Publisher: Beach Lloyd Publishers, LLC
Bombs Away: The World War II Bombing Campaigns over Europe Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published June 12, 2011
- History
Author: John R. Bruning
Publisher: Zenith PressISBN: 978-0-7603-3990-9
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard ‘Round the World Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published May 28, 2011
- Reference
Editor: Michael Dregni,
Foreword by Sunny Burgess
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 978-0-7603-4062-2
Patrick J. Jung's The Black Hawk War of 1832 Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published May 26, 2011
- History
Author: Patrick J. Jung
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 978-0-8061-3994-4
Phil Nordyke's The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published March 28, 2011
- History
Author: Phil Nordyke
ISBN: 13:978-0-7603-3914-5Publisher: Zenith Press
Kingsley M. Bray's Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published March 28, 2011
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Kingsley M. Bray
ISBN: 978-0-8061-3785-8: 978-0-8061-3986-9
Cipora Hurwitz's Forbidden Strawberries Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published February 7, 2011
- Biographies & Memoirs , Judaica
Author: Cipora Hurwitz
Bill Yenne's The American Aircraft Factory in WWII Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 17, 2011
- History
Author: Bill Yenne
ISBN 13: 978-0-7603-3913-8
That Bill Yenne is a readable author and passionate researcher has never been more clearly seen than in his book, The American Aircraft Factory in WWII. Filled with a plethora of photographs, the text offers readers reams of information regarding U.S. wartime plane production.
Bill Yenne's Hitler’s Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler’s Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 12, 2011
- History
Publisher: Zenith Press
There have been many books written about Himmler’s SS, the organization that began as Hitler’s Schutzstaffel (“protection squad”) and ended up the multi-layered behemoth most responsible for war crimes in Nazi Germany. However, Bill Yenne’s book, Hitler’s Master of the Dark Arts, has a slightly different purpose than most of these: to show the background and origins of Nazi racial philosophy and how these philosophies made the SS tick.
William E. Farr's Julius Seyler and the Blackfeet: An Impressionist at Glacier National Park Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published December 31, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: William E. Farr
Publisher: Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 978-0-8061-4014-8
When Julius Seyler, a successful German Impressionist painter, found himself in Glacier National Park, Montana, during the summer of 1913, he encountered – and painted – some gorgeous landscapes. And some Blackfeet Indians.
Thomas R. Flagel's The History Buff’s Guide to the Civil War Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published December 29, 2010
- History
Author: Thomas R. Flagel
ISBN-10: 1402242751 : ISBN-13: 978-1402242755
The History Buff’s Guide to the Civil War is an excellent tool with which to initiate a personal study of the conflict -- while being a solid reference for those with some previous knowledge -- on the eve of the war’s 150th anniversary.
George Eliot in Love Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published November 16, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Brenda Maddox
ISBN: 978-0-230-10518-8
In this sympathetic biography of the celebrated 19th century novelist, George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans), Brenda Maddox clearly presents the author and the creation of her books, some of English literature’s most unforgettable.
Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published September 24, 2010
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author:Terry Taylor
ISBN 13:978-60059-394-9
What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published September 23, 2010
- Crime & Mystery
Author: Paula Marantz Cohen
ISBN-13: 978-1402243554
ISBN-10: 1402243553
Publisher: Sourcebooks
What Alice Knew is a fascinating and entertaining fictionalized “what if” look at the Jack the Ripper Murders (sometimes referred to as the Whitechapel Murders) if the case had been solved by the three famous James siblings, William, Henry, and Alice.
The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published July 9, 2010
- History
Author: R. David Edmunds
ISBN: 978-0-8061-2069-0
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Edmunds doesn’t seem to miss much else and his book, which the University of Oklahoma Press claims to be “the first scholarly history of the Potawatomis,” is an enlightening and engaging read.
A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women’s Rights Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published June 1, 2010
- Women's Issues
Authors: Sherry H. Penney and James D. Livingston
ISBN: 1-55849-446-4
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
A Very Dangerous Woman, like its subject, is intelligent but accessible, a long overdue biography on a very interesting – if occasionally, dangerous -- woman
War in the Pacific Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published April 8, 2010
- History
Author: Richard Overy
ISBN: 978184908 3942
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
It’s difficult to believe that War in the Pacific, a new oversized book from Osprey Publishing which coincides with the recent HBO special, is only 56 pages long because it packs in so much information regarding the Pacific conflicts of WWII
America at the Fair: Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Reviewed By Kathrn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published April 1, 2010
- Reference
Author:
Chaim M. Rosenberg.
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN:
978-0-7385-2521-1
There
are many books about the epochal Columbian Exposition, the cultural,
commercial, and technological watershed whose wonders awed the 28
million visitors who ambled through “The White City” between
May and October of 1893. But one book arguably contains more
detail than most others: Chaim M. Rosenberg’s America at
the Fair: Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Scraps: An Inspirational Field Guide to Collage Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published April 1, 2010
- Arts & Crafts Books
Authors: Elsebeth
Gynther and Christine Clemmensen
ISBN: 13:978-I-60059-386-4
Publisher: Lark Books
Perhaps the book isn’t for the experienced collage artist but it’s an extremely useful tool for the beginner and will also provide the scrapbooker and/or card-maker with a plethora of new ideas in order to take their craft to a new artistic level
Stage This! Volume 1, 2, and 3: Monologues, Short Solo Plays, and 10-minute Plays Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published March 29, 2010
- Reference
Author: E-Merging Writers.com.
ISBN 13: 978-0595346592: ISBN 13: 978-1448634392: ISBN 13: 978-1442184183
These collections are full of star material which would greatly enrich anyone’s library . . . or stage.
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 16, 2010
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Syrie
James
ISBN: 978-0-06-164837-3
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brönte is a well-crafted book and an absolute delight for those Charlotte Bronte fans who can never get enough biographical facts of Jane Eyre’s alter ego
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland’s Forces in World War II Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 4, 2010
- History
Author: Kenneth K. Koskodan
ISBN: 13: 978 1 84603 365 0
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
It is very possible that stories of the major Polish contributions to the Allied cause were swept under the rug out of sheer embarrassment
Lizzi & Fredl: A Perilous Journey of Love and Faith Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 3, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Dr. William B. Stanford
ISBN: 978-0-595-43311-7
Publisher: iUniverse
Lizzi and Fredl is the memoir of Frederick and Alice
Steiner, Austrian Catholics who fled Austria in
August, 1938, months after the Anschluss (the annexation
of Austria to Nazi German).
A Night in the Cemetery: And Other Stories of Crime and Suspense Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published January 2, 2010
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Anton Chekhov
Translated by Peter Sekirin.
ISBN: 978-1-933648-86-6
The stories collected in A Night in the Cemetery aren’t necessarily the work of a master craftsmen but it’s obvious that their author was well on his way to becoming just that. This collection is a fascinating read to anyone interested in the evolution of a literary master and also provides a close-up (if extremely wry) glimpse of Imperial Russia
Maria Gulovich, OSS Heroine of World War II: The Schoolteacher Who Saved Lives in Slovakia Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published August 3, 2009
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Sonya N. Jason
ISBN: 978-0-7864-3832-7
In a way, Maria Gulovich was an accidental heroine of WWII but in a profound way, she was a very deliberate one. No one forced her to hide Jews in the Slovakian grade school where she was a teacher, but when a leader of the Slovakian underground discovered what she had done, he gave her a choice: either face Nazi arrest for hiding Jews or work as a courier for the Slovakian underground. She chose to become a courier
Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published June 11, 2009
- Self Help
Author: Peter L. Benson, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-0-470-29494-8
Sometimes it takes
a self-help book to state the nearly-obvious, but Dr.
Peter Benson’s book, “Sparks” does this so well and
contains such crucially valuable information that it is
definitely worth a read.
Over the Highest Mountain: A Memoir of Unexpected Heroism in France During World War II Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published June 11, 2009
- Biographies & Memoirs , History
Author: Alice Resch Synnestvedt
ISBN: 0-96-48042-6-3
Publisher: Intentional Productions
During World War Two, Alice Resch Synnestvedt, working in southern France with the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization, helped rescue dozens of Jewish children from certain death in Nazi concentration camps.
Girl in the Belgian Resistance: A Wakeful Eye in the Underground Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published May 15, 2009
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Fernande K. Davis
Publisher: Beach Lloyd Publishers
ISBN:978-0-9792778-7-0
A Conversation with Muriel Engelman author of Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published April 18, 2009
- AUTHOR INTERVIEWS- CHECK THEM OUT
Author: Muriel P. Engelman, WWII Army Nurse, retired R.N.
ISBN: 978-0-595-48110-1
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Kathryn Atwood, one of the Bookpleasures' reviewers interviews Muriel Engelman author of Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock
Review: Mission Accomplished: Stop the Clock
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published March 24, 2009
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Muriel P. Engelman, WWII Army Nurse, retired R.N.
ISBN: 978-0-595-48110-1
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Ms. Engelman might not be able to stop the clock from ticking, but
she has done a great service in writing a memoir of her eight
decades, not only for WWII aficionados, but for anyone interested in
a wide variety of human characters, painted in vivid and humorous
detail.