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Book Review: One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft by Susan Tiberghien
Solid advice from a prolific, soulful author who started late and is still going strong as a marvelous essayist.
Read More »Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Punk by Brian Cogan (With Foreword by Penelope Spheeris)
Until something better comes along, this is the definitive reference guide on punk-rock.
Read More »Book Review: John Lennon – The Life by Philip Norman
Author Philip Norman attempts -- and succeeds -- in writing the final, definitive word on one of the twentieth century's most iconic figures.
Read More »Book Review: UFO, Conspiracy & Beyond by Undisclosed Sources (Donald Ryles PhD)
In rehashing most of the garden variety conspiracy theories out there, this book does little to add or subtract from them.
Read More »Book Review – We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives…from the Hindenburg Explosion to the Virginia Tech Shooting by Joe Garner
A solid guide to many of the biggest news stories of our time, accompanied by the original radio announcements.
Read More »Book Review: The Mental Floss History of the World by Erik Sass and Steve Wiegand
An "irreverent" recounting of world history is stronger on history than irreverence.
Read More »Book Review: He Is… I Say – How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond by David Wild
This love letter to Neil Diamond is also in many ways a book about music criticism itself. Damn you, David Wild!
Read More »Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash – The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz
For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.
Read More »Book Review: The Turtle Moves! Discworld’s Story Unauthorized by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Lawrence Watt-Evans is our tongue-in-cheek guide through the complex realm of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
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