Sandblast, by Al Pessin, 422 pp., Kensington Books, $9.99.
By Sharon Geltner
Contributing Writer
Goodbye, Homeland.
Hello, Sandblast.
Showtime’s hit series Homeland ends in May. But covert ops fans can turn to Sandblast, the first book in an action,
Mayor David Stewart presented a basket of children’s books to library director Kristine Kreidler in January after the town won first place in the Read for the Record event on Oct. 27 for municipalities under 20,000. Lantana has been part of the even
By Arden Moore
When facing new or strange circumstances, far too many dogs transform into scaredy-cats and far too many cats become doggone full of fright. This full-throttle fear factor kicks into high gear during the holiday season.
From Halloween
Through Jasper’s Eyes: My Weekend on Death Row, by John Lipscomb. Electio, 190 pp., $13.99
The Painting and The Piano, by John Lipscomb and Adrianne Lugo. ALJ Marketing, 328 pp. $15.50.
By Steve Pike
More than a decade removed, John Lipscomb could
Children in Kenya will have new books to read, courtesy of a Project Humanity effort. A Delray Beach librarian is one of the volunteers who will deliver the books. Photo provided
By Lucy Lazarony
This summer, Delray Beach librarian Isabella Rowan wi
Florida Lore, by Caren Schnur Neile; History Press,
167 pp.; $21.95
By Steve Pike
Caren Schnur Neile can’t remember a time when she wasn’t telling stories.
“I was 7 years old when I wrote my first little book,’’ said Neile, whose latest book, Florid
Volunteers work in the Briny Breezes Library in 1972. It looks much the same today. Photos from Overdue in Paradise
By Ron Hayes
The libraries are big and small, public and private. Academic, deeply religious or passionate about medicine. They’re Fin
Mary Kate Leming, editor of The Coastal Star, has donated 45 copies of her children’s picture book, Rosie’s Song, to the Hope for the Future program. In partnership with the Delray Beach Public Library, the program collects new books to give to at-ri
Matthew Raptis sits surrounded by the hard-to-find volumes he loves at Raptis Rare Books on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
You’re bound to be drawn to this Worth Avenue antiquarian bookstore
By Ron Hayes
“I was a unique chi
The Elegant Mouse,
by Brian Biggane;
Coastal Star Books, 80 pp, $19.95
By Steve Pike
Except for one season on the old PGA Tour (1954), Bob Toski was an average player. But Toski’s golfing life, which spans some 85 years and counting, is far fro
The Last Rhino, by James Gardner; Pennington Publishers, 274 pp, $14.95
By Steve Pike
James Gardner has been to Africa 27 times since 1968. The trophies mounted on the wall and the cases of African masks and artifacts in the den of his Ocean Ridge
Photographer Taylor Jones with Janice Snearer, book coordinator of The Cottages of Lake Worth. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
They began arriving in the 1920s, humble and unpretentious, and by the end of World War II about 1,000 call
By Steve Pike
At 92, William Finley certainly doesn’t need the work or the frustrations. He distinguished himself first as a B-17 pilot in World II and then as one of the country’s leading urban planners. But ask Finley why he has challenged the n
By Steve Pike
There is no better way to see where we are going than to know where we’ve been. In her new book, All Aboard! A History of Florida’s Railroads, author Stephanie Murphy-Lupo superbly details not only the history of Florida’s railroads, bu
The Early Literacy Backpack program is giving Suzanne Endruschat’s daughter, Maggie, 4,
a head start on developing her reading skills.
Photo provided
By April W. Klimley
Maggie Endruschat just turned 4, but she’s already getting ready to read — a
By Steve Pike
“I was born addicted to heroin.”
That Garcia Marquez-esque line opens The Painting and the Piano, co-authored by Ocean Ridge residents John Lipscomb and Adrianne Lugo. The self-published book follows Lipscomb and Lugo from seem
J.W. Alden of Hypoluxo got $1,000, a trophy and inclusion of his short story in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
For 10 long years, J.W. Alden worked the graveyard shift at one of those mamm
By Steve Pike
Unlike most artists of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was famous during his lifetime. It was a brief, tumultuous life. Born in Milan, Italy, in 1571, Caravaggio — the father of Baroque art — died in poverty and
By Steve Pike
In the fifth installment of his “Shagball and Tangles” series of adventure novels, Lantana author A.C. Brooks pulls out all the stops — at least for now. Rigged finds the not-so-dynamic duo of TV fishing show host Shagball and his pi
