This readable book explores decades of effort trying to unlock the mystery of an ancient Greek mechanical device.
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Book Review: Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education In Business and Life by Donald J. Trump
"Business is no place for stream of consciousness babbling..." says Trump.
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First in-depth study of John Zorn's music
Read More »Book Review: Kidnapped: And Other Dispatches by Alan Johnston
BBC correspondent uses his own kidnapping and prior reporting to explore political issues and life in troubled regions.
Read More »Book Review: Other Colors: Essays and a Story by Orhan Pamuk
"The starting point of true literature is the man who shuts himself up in his room with his books."
Read More »Book Review: Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail From Istanbul to India by Rory MacLean
Travel writer heads off on the "hippie trail" to the East in search of enlightenment about it and its impact.
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Yes she was a pope's mistress. She was also a warrior, a politician, and a woman who stood up for herself.
Read More »Book Review: Views by Roger Dean, Carla Capalbo, and Donny Hamilton
Yes cover designer Roger Dean's long out of print book gets reissued.
Read More »Book Review: Comedy At The Edge: How Stand-Up In The 1970s Changed America by Richard Zoglin
Legendary Stand-Up Comics of the Seventies "Come Alive."
Read More »Book Review: Near Death In The Arctic: True Stories Of Disaster And Survival Edited by Cecil Kuhne
"Succinctly, clearly, the frozen continent said: This is no place for man!"
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