Taryn Nakamura: 7 books

ABOUT THE BOOK The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the few books that actually makes me laugh out loud. Or tremor silently, if I’m reading in public. From witty one-liners on marriage, to solemn cake- and muffin-eating, Oscar Wilde surprised me with quick humor in almost every sentence....

ABOUT THE BOOK In the introduction to How to Speak and Write Correctly, Joseph Devlin writes that his book is not a grammar manual full of rules. Devlin wrote the book for ordinary people who want to speak in a proper manner. Devlin writes some general...

ABOUT THE BOOK “We are ripe for a cultural shift toward the okayness of introversion. It’s all right for us to stop trying to fit in and to “shape up”.” Dr. Marti Olsen Laney started research on introversion after realizing that she was an introvert. In an interview on Synaptic...

ABOUT THE BOOKIsabel Wilkersons The Warmth of Other Suns is truly a labor of love. It took 15 years to research and write, as she interviewed over 1,200 people. Wilkerson tracked down her subjects at churches, quilting clubs, funerals, family reunions, and others. After preliminary rounds of...

ABOUT THE BOOK Isabel Wilkerson's "The Warmth of Other Suns" is truly a labor of love. It took 15 years to research and write, as she interviewed over 1,200 people. Wilkerson tracked down her subjects at churches, quilting clubs, funerals, family reunions, and others. After preliminary rounds...

ABOUT THE BOOK The New York Times writes that while grading papers, Tolkien wrote the opening line of The Hobbit at the top of one of the exams. He then had to write the book to discover exactly what a “hobbit” was. (J. R. R. Tolkien Dead at 81; Wrote ‘The Lord of the Rings’) ...

Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra: A Life is a book that recounts the facts and dispels the myths surrounding the Egyptian queen's life. Born from a family rife with incest, into a political world of murder and betrayal, Cleopatra is one of the most fascinating women ever to live. She bore the children of both...