Katherine's Book Backyard

What's going on in Syria is beyond words. The White Helmets, the Syrian Civil Defense, is just about the only organization left to hel...

It's been a really long time since I've lived somewhere it snowed. I've lived in Europe and states up and down the East Coast,...

I love cook books. I've edited them. I've written them. I've belonged to cookbook clubs and bought them at yard sales. When I mo...

For the record, I don't approve of dressing animals up in costumes. Except maybe on Halloweeen when their dignity won't be ruffled. ...

Books to Prisoners is a Seattle-based group that provides books for prisoners. You can donate books--they're always looking for dicti...

Like Guy Gavriel Kay’s FIONAVAR TAPESTRY and Suzanne Collins’ wonderful UNDERLAND CHRONICLES or C.S. Lewis’ CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, Rob...

One of the most stunning books I read in a college political science class was Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics by Michael Wheeler. Publis...