South Florida’s ‘Perfect Storm’
On Sept. 2, 1935, the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the United States barreled into the Florida Keys with wind gusts of more than 200 m.p.h.
Tales Of Two Wars
With Iraq on everyone’s mind, a sardonic and frequently hilarious novel by new author Tom Paine could hardly be more timely.
Hail To The Chef
Few chefs have exerted a greater influence on America’s growing taste for fine food than Emeril Lagasse, chef-owner of nine restaurants and author of eight cookbooks, including his latest, From Emeril’s Kitchens (William Morrow, $27.50).
A Bright New Talent
It’s always a pleasure to welcome a new author with talent to spare, and this month we have a first opportunity to make the acquaintance of Fort Lauderdale’s Jilliane Hoffman, whose debut, Retribution (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, $24.95), is one of the first novels to be published in 2004.
Swimming With The Icebergs
Lynne Cox became the world’s most famous long-distance swimmer at 15, when she broke both the men’s and women’s records for swimming the 33-mile English Channel.
The Pleasures Of Becoming A Grand
For a man renowned for his physical bulk, NBC weatherman Willard Scott has a surprising penchant for lightweight books.
Cuba’s Hidden Treasures
Ask most Americans to describe the Cuba of today and they will talk about carefully preserved 1950s cars roaming the streets of a dull and dilapidated Havana — the image seen constantly on U.S. television.
The Key to his Kingdom
Howard Frank Mosher is always looking for material for his next book.
Dog Days at the Four Seasons
When writer Leslie McGuirk said she thought good manners were “going to the dogs,” her friend Alex von Bidder, the exquisitely mannered owner of the Four Seasons restaurant in New York, quickly agreed – and he had witnessed enough examples of poor taste among the patrons at his dining landmark to know.
Another Promise, Another School
Greg Mortenson wrote his best-selling Three Cups of Tea to document his humanitarian campaign to build schools in Central Asia thereby attempting to improve the appalling lack of education provided for girls.
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