Book Owl’s Blog

Here’s one to put under your trivia hat. Did you know Sean Connery was once a milkman? I didn’t!  Sean Connery has just released his autobiography titled “Being a Scot.”  The famous James Bond man talks of his early life as a milkman in Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge neighborhood and discusses many topics from Scottish culture and life.  He has […]

For every debate there are two sides.  Previously, the most read narrative on Democrat Barack Obama were his books “Dreams From My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope”.  With the growing concern by some that the media is displaying a certain image of Obama, books are popping up giving a different view.  Making this week’s top 20 best-seller list from […]

Maybe I never noticed it so much in the past, but it seems like sooooo many celebrities are writing or just published a memoir of their lives lately.  A few that I recently spotted were:
William Shatner’s book titled “Up Till Now.”
Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, wrote “Life With My Sister Madonna,” co-authored by celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh.
I […]

With the price of groceries constantly going up, everyone is feeling a wallet pinch.  Right now is the perfect time to try your hand at growing some of your own vegetables, herbs or fruits.  You don’t need a large piece of land property.  Herbs can be grown in a small window box.  Vegetables can be […]

I had to chuckle when I came across this book titled “The Hamburger: The History” today.  I didn’t expect to find a book devoted only to a hamburger, but then again, crazier books are out there.  So it perked my curiousity, what could this book actually provide besides making me hungry?  Well a closer looks […]

Barbara Walters, famous for the past forty years on interviewing people in the spotlight, has written her own book titled “Audition”.  It covers hidden details of her personal life.  Walters, now 76 years old and still going strong, has passed through many rocky roads through three failed marriages and raising her adopted daughter, Jackie.  She stated the hardest chapter […]

Valerie Bertinelli, we all loved her on “One Day at A Time” in the 1970s! She is back in the spotlight again, and looking better than ever! Valerie has been featured on Oprah promoting her new book “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time”. She talks about her struggle with […]

In April 2008 the peace sign turns 50. Wow, how fast time flies! The symbol was first introduced in a calmer Britain in 1958 to promote nuclear disarmament, and spread fast as times got tense.
National Geographic Books is out with “Peace: The Biography of a Symbol,” by Ken Kolsbun and Michael Sweeney, which traces the […]

One of the most talked about books in Oprah’s Book Club right now, Eckart Tolle’s “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose”.  Building on the astonishing success of “The Power of Now”, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that […]