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THE HAWK’S WAY – Sy Montgomery
Noted author Sy Montgomery (The Soul of an Octopus) has a love affair with hawks, which conflicts with her determination not to harm animals because, by their nature, hawks are predators, surviving by killing and eating other animals. This is flaunted, and Sy must come to grips with this when she assists with the ‘training’… Continue reading
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BURNING QUESTIONS – Margaret Atwood
Burning Questions is a collection of essays, speeches, book reviews, book forewords, and other non-fiction miscellany from the pen and wit of the incredible Margaret Atwood. Collected works starting from 2004 and on up through 2021, the range of material here is so vast it practically defies description. It is most fascinating to see the different… Continue reading
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THE URBAN SKETCHING HANDBOOK: SPOTLIGHT ON NATURE – Virginia Hein & Gail L. Wong
I really love this art book series! As I’ve noted before, in the review of one of the other books in the series, there is no shortage of ‘how to’ art books. I’ve bought more than a handful myself, and rarely do I come away actually feeling enlightened in regards to a new technique or… Continue reading
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RATED X: HOW PORN LIBERATED ME FROM HOLLYWOOD – Maitland Ward
There have been a few books and ‘tell-alls’ from people (specifically women) in the porn industry, but few, if any, come from someone who worked as a high-profile Hollywood actor prior to making the conscious decision to start working in porn. Maitland Ward was a teenager when she worked on the soap opera The Bold and… Continue reading
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ENJOYING BOURBON – Frank Flannery
This is a very good beginner’s guide to understanding and, as the title suggests, enjoying bourbon. Author Frank Flannery doesn’t get too deep into any of the topics touched upon, but the reader will come away feeling confident enough to join a bourbon conversation at a cocktail party. We start with a brief history of… Continue reading
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WRITERS & THINKERS – Daniel Fuchs
Well … this was … interesting. When I was in college (some 40 years ago!) I really enjoyed reading literary criticism. Researching an author and/or a book and writing papers was one of my favorite parts of getting an English degree (minor). When I saw this book, Writers & Thinkers by Daniel Fuchs, those happy memories came… Continue reading
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BUTTS: A BACKSTORY – Heather Radke
The human butt…. We have a complicated relationship with butts. We obsess over them, we admire them, we assess and critique them and are often complaining about our own while toning them and trying to make them attractive to others. But what is the butt really about? Author Heather Radke explores some historical significance in… Continue reading
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THE STAR TREK COOKBOOK – Chelsea Monroe-Cassel
I was going to start this review with the comment that we’ve finally seen it all … we’ve now got a Star Trek cookbook. But as I went to snag the cover image to post on my blog, I learned that we didn’t finally get a Star Trek cookbook … there have been a few of them over the… Continue reading
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SCRAPPED: JUSTICE AND A TEEN INFORMANT – Lisa Peebles & John O’Brien
WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS CONTAINED IN THIS REVIEW Warning, reading this book is likely to raise your hackles and ignite your ire. In 1994, convenience store clerk, 18 year old Heidi Allen, was kidnapped from the store (she was working alone at the time). Her body has never been found. When local man Gary Thibodeau heard about… Continue reading
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ART ESSAYS – Alexandra Kinston-Reese, editor
“The art essay is at once not about the art and all about the art – the glance at the piece of art evolves into a meditation on something else entirely” writes editor Alexandra Kingston-Reese in her introduction to the collection Art Essays. This makes this volume a collection of essays very loosely themed around art. … Continue reading
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MIRACALES AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE – Joe R. Lansdale
One more entry for the PM Outspoken Authors series for my review blog, this time featuring Joe R. Lansdale. While the other books in this series that I read and reviewed had a very similar feel, Lansdale bucks the trend and makes this short collection much more personal and therefore, in many ways, much more… Continue reading
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BECOMING A WRITER, STAYING A WRITER – J. Michael Straczynski
There is no shortage of ‘how to’ books on writing. Some retailers have a specific section in their stores for these kinds of books. So why do we need another? Author J. Michael Straczynski addresses that right at the start, offering what he feels other ‘how to’ writing books neglect to talk about (I’ll let you… Continue reading
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