Books

From the Minds of RIers

book2Driveable roads? Jobs that offer health insurance? Politicians you’d leave alone in your house? There are a few things Rhode Island lacks. But talented writers isn’t one of them and any reader on your shopping list would be thrilled to receive a book by a local author. Check out these new releases below, or keep an eye out for local authors we’ve reviewed at motifri.com/category/more/books

Brine: Rhode Island’s Treasured Landscapes, by Nicole Capobianco

This book of photography offers new perspectives on classic landmarks. Capobianco says of her book: “With over 400 miles of coastline, salt permeates and sculpts the land, and everything on it. A meditation on such a landscape, with elements of preservation, transformation and even corrosion, brine is one of the pleasures and challenges of life on the coast.”

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Cap Maker for the Czar, by Burt Jagolinzer

This is the true story of Jagolinzer’s grandparents’ escape to Ellis Island from revolutionary war-torn Russia, their decision to move to Rhode Island and their life thereafter. Jagolinzer says of his latest release, “This writing is a labor of love and needed to be told.”