BOOKS
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 25, 2009 
Years ago, my wife and I traveled to Assisi, Italy, for a few days in the town St. Francis made famous.
By Dave Wood , November 25, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 18, 2009
“Charles Dickens,” by Michael Slater (Yale University Press, $35) is due out on Nov. 30.
By Dave Wood , November 18, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 11, 2009
One of the most touching films I’ve seen in years is “Remains of the Day,” a story set against the backdrop of pre-World War II, which tells of the unrequited love of the housekeeper (Emma Thompson) of a baronial manor and the butler (Anthony Hopkins).
By Dave Wood , November 11, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Nov. 4, 2009
My former colleague Jim Klobuchar covered NFL football for the Minneapolis newspapers for almost 50 years.
By Dave Wood , November 04, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Oct. 28 2009
Here’s a trio of criminal treats for readers who enjoy out of the ordinary crime books.
By Dave Wood , October 28, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Oct. 21, 2009
In his inaugural address, President Obama said: “As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man ….
By Dave Wood , October 21, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Oct. 14, 2009
Here’s a trio of culinary treats for your consideration.
On the regional front there’s “The Bizarre Truth” (Random House, $24.99), by Andrew Zimmern, a Twin Cities chef and TV personality.
By Dave Wood , October 14, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Oct. 7, 2009
I first encountered University of Wisconsin professor Jerry Apps’ books on the non fiction shelf. He’s written informatively about Wisconsin breweries, Wisconsin agriculture, Wisconsin barns -- 20 non-fiction books in all.
By Dave Wood , October 07, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Sept. 30, 2009
Several years ago, the chair of the University of Minnesota Journalism Department felt me out about whether or not I would like to join its faculty as a writing teacher.
By Dave Wood , September 30, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Sept. 23, 2009
It has been almost 40 years since my wife and I spent our honeymoon in Rome.
By Dave Wood , September 23, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Sept. 16, 2009
There’s an old saw that says Edgar Rice Burroughs never visited Africa, but managed to write a slew of books about Tarzan, his mate and his ape.
By Dave Wood , September 16, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Sept. 9, 2009
What is “Alternate History”?
It’s not reinterpretation of historical facts as we have come to understand them. That’s been around for a long time.
By Dave Wood , September 09, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Sept. 2, 2009
School days are upon us and what better way to welcome in the first semester than to read “That Old Cape Magic,” by Richard Russo (Knopf, $25.95)?
By Dave Wood , September 02, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Aug. 26, 2009
Back in the 1960s, “Gonzo” journalism came on the scene with writers like Tom Wolfe with his hilarious “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers,” in which he attends a party thrown by Leonard Bernstein for a bunch of unruly Black Panthers.
By Dave Wood , August 26, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Aug. 19, 2009
“The statesman has not to make history, but if ever in the events around him he hears the sweep of the mantle of god, then he must jump up and catch its hem.”By Dave Wood , August 19, 2009
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