‘Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS’
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joby Warrick’s newest book, “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” recently garnered him the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and it’s easy to see why. The book [...]
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Posted May 25, 2016in Book Review
Posted May 18, 2016in Book Review
‘The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero’
This book is the biography of Thomas Francis Meagher (pronounced Mah-ur), who grew up during the time of the Great Famine in Ireland. Born to a prominent merchant family, he [...]
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Posted May 11, 2016in Book Review
‘The Fireman’
By Joe Hill 768pp William Morrow $28.99 05/17/16 There’s something magical about Joe Hill. Something deeply disturbed — as we’d expect from a child of horror demigod Stephen [...]
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Posted May 04, 2016in Book Review
‘The Guest Room’
Chris Bohjalian’s new novel, “The Guest Room,” tells the story of Richard and Kristin Chapman, a 40-year-old couple living a life to which others would aspire. Their lovely suburban New [...]
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Posted April 27, 2016in Book Review
‘The Past’
By Tessa Hadley Harper/Harper Collins January 2016 Hardback $26.99 368 pages Join the Cranes as they reunite at their grandparents’ run-down home in the English countryside for a final [...]
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Posted April 20, 2016in Book Review
‘Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements’
Although now recognized as one of the greatest rock bands of its generation, The Replacements did not initially enjoy uniformly stellar reviews, good fortune or great fame. In portions [...]
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Posted April 13, 2016in Book Review
‘Dodgers’
Another book review, another debut author, this one entitled “Dodgers” by Bill Beverly. East, the main character, has grown up in the gang culture of Los Angeles. East’s uncle [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Book Review
‘The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain’
The American in Britain has written another book, this time a further exploration of his much loved adopted country, which was the subject of a prior book, “Notes from [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Book Review
‘Elvis Sightings at Iowa Truck Stops’
The highly anticipated follow-up to “Elvis Sightings at Iowa Truck Stops-Volume II: 1983-1989;” the professors at Graceland University of the Unknown managed to put together an exhaustive, thrilling and comprehensive [...]
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Posted March 23, 2016in Book Review
‘Two If By Sea’
Frank Mercy had led an interesting life. Raised on a horse farm in Wisconsin, he had a career he loved as a mounted police officer in Chicago. He was disabled [...]
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