PositiveForeword Reviews... collects twenty-six unexpected, thought-provoking stories of belief ... Throughout, a variety of emotions are conveyed; curiosity is surprised and sated, and hearts are made light and are broken in turn ... an invigorating mix, revealing the varied and fascinating ways that people worship.
Marco D'Eramo, Trans. by Bethan Bowett-Jones and David Broder
RaveForeword Reviews... a creative, philosophical study of travel ... This beautiful English translation updates the 2017 Italian edition of the book to reflect the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on travel. It’s perfect for thoughtful travelers stuck with passports that are burning a hole in their pockets ... Diverse and fascinating sources, historical literature, theory, and contemporary data are artfully brought together to form this intellectually demanding, but also playful, work ... Fun and challenging, Marc d’Eramo’s The World in a Selfie mixes the flavors of Mark Twain, Karl Marx, and theme parks to result in a real and welcome trip elsewhere.
Chris Dubbs
RaveForeword ReviewsPhotographs of the journalists are a compelling addition ... Passages about the women’s individual tours of duty fit together like jigsaw pieces ... a fascinating history about the gutsy women reporters of World War I.
Katya Cengel
RaveForeword Reviews... adventurous ... Cengel ably captures a complicated region in which citizens make do with few resources, where phones are tapped and many workers aren’t paid, and where the people encountered sometimes seek bribes, are pessimistic, or are drunk ... Cengel’s language is precise, and her historical context invites readers in, regardless of their knowledge of former USSR countries. Big risks and moments of gravity make From Chernobyl with Love both human and heroic—a satisfying and gutsy memoir.
Mark Barr
PositiveForeword ReviewsA clear narrative voice is equally at home with the book’s country folks and city people. Great historical and regional details come in, including of vehicles, clothing, and preelectric housekeeping ... The dam’s holdups raise the stakes of the story, and waiting to learn the characters’ fates, which are wrapped up in the success of the project, makes this historical tale gripping.
Margaret Renkl
RaveForeword ReviewsThe short, potent essays of Margaret Renkl’s Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss are objects as worthy of marvel and study as the birds and other creatures they observe ... Individual scenes are compelling, rich, satisfying, and always delivered with the assurance that they are powerful on their own. None are weighed down with unnecessary explanations ... As startling images arise, each on their own clean pages, the book establishes a sense that Renkl must have an endless supply of closely observed incidents to her name. It is very easy, very early on, to progress with the absolute faith that this book is a very fine one.
Seth Rogoff
PositiveForeword Reviews\"The book is equal parts a mystery (what drove Abel to the wild, and why did he die as he did?) and a portrait of an enduring friendship between two men who camped together as boys ... Thin Rising Vapors is a consuming, wistful novel, pleasing in its elements of nature appreciation, friendship, and suspense.\
Melanie Hobson
RaveForeword ReviewsMelanie Hobson’s Summer Cannibals is a vibrant, vicious family portrait ... The family fascinates. Their story is compelling, and each member woos their listeners to regard the others as they do—effectively enough, until the vantage switches again. The audience is forced to shift alliances repeatedly as the girls’ first day home shifts into the second, with more backstory revealed, and as the story hurtles toward the father’s garden tour and its aftermath ... By turns darkly comical and horrifying, Summer Cannibals holds attention.
