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GLENN'S BOOK NOTES

These in-depth, thought-provoking, and often funny posts are the brainchild of The Book Barn's very own Glenn. He never fails to make a great recommendation, useful warning or entertaining suggestion!

#213: THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN.

#213: THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN. One of the particular pleasures of reading Charles Freeman’s Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of...

#212: HUZZAH! MORE POETS!

#212:  HUZZAH! MORE POETS!  What you first notice in picking up Derek Walcott’s book-length poem Tiepolo’s Hound  is that you are in the...

#211: BETWEEN EVERY TWO PINES.

#211. BETWEEN EVERY TWO PINES. Robert Macfarlane, in his passionate and revelatory book Landmarks (Penguin, 2016) quotes John Muir:...

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