B Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / Doctor / medicine / non-fiction / travelNo Comments
Who do you call if it all goes wrong on holiday? Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane – a very modern flying doctor. His job is get on a plane and bring patients home after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business trips and all the other things that can ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / autobiography / cats / dogs / First-Person / horses / non-fiction / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: Drinking from the Trough by Mary E. Carlson, DVM
Mary Carlson didn’t start out to become a veterinarian, let alone the owner and caretaker of cats (many), dogs (two, both huskies), and horses (some with manners, some without) in Colorado. She was a suburban Chicago girl; all she knew of the American West came from the stories her uncle, ... more >
A Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / autobiography / England / France / London / non-fiction / World War II5 Comments
‘My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.’ So begins Noreen Riols’ compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill’s ‘secret army’, the Special Operations Executive. It was 1943, just before her eighteenth birthday, Noreen received her call-up papers, and was faced with ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / non-fiction / psychological therapy / PTSD / veterans / war veterans1 Comments
Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner was definitely not looking for a pet. She was busy training to be a psychologist. Then came Sammy – a mischievous and extremely loud bright pink Moluccan cockatoo who had been abandoned. It was love at first sight. But Sammy needed a companion. ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / Contemporary / First-Person / France / non-fictionComments Off on REVIEW: (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside
Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pas–filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautobiography / Canada / non-fiction / pilot3 Comments
“I’m still a rookie second officer but even I know it’s not supposed to happen like this.” “The captain called “Before Landing Check.” That’s normal. The first officer and I moved the appropriate switches, levers and buttons, and chanted the usual incantations. That’s normal. The trusty old Boeing 727 responded ... more >
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