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Have you read Prisoner of Tehran by Canadian author Marina Nemat yet? If not, here's a word of advice: do so when you have a day or two set aside. Otherwise, you'll read late into the night, every night, until you finish the book, as I did.

To say this gripping memoir is a page-turner is to put it mildly. Published by Penguin Canada in 2007, the international bestseller is the

While I'm up here in Canada waiting for my U.S. work visa to be processed, I figure there's no better time to catch up on the latest in Canadian Literature. Which is why, most Saturdays, I spend hours in Chapters (Canada's Barnes & Noble equivalent) and infallibly emerge with a fat stack of books penned by Canada's best. Some of the authors are likely familiar to American fiction

Reviews by Len Oppenheim

Every so often I read a book that I consider to be so remarkable and wonderful that it makes me “high” and which I truly believe everyone would enjoy and benefit from reading. I recently had the pleasure of reading such a book that I would recommend to young and old, male and female, rich and poor, healthy and infirm. The Brain that changes Itself: Stories of Personal

Reviews by Len Oppenheim

There is only one word to describe spring and early summer here in Iowa this year, “Wet”. Wet weather is not good for the golf game or for picnics, but it does provide a good excuse to spend more time reading. Thanks to Tony I read two excellent novels which I would like to highly recommend to readers of all tastes.

The first, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,

Reviews by Len Oppenheim

There is only one word to describe spring and early summer here in Iowa this year, “Wet”. Wet weather is not good for the golf game or for picnics, but it does provide a good excuse to spend more time reading. Thanks to Tony I read two excellent novels which I would like to highly recommend to readers of all tastes.

The first, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,