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THE VIKING HEART – Arthur Herman
Arthur Herman’s The Viking Heart is a history book … well, no, it’s a sociology study … er, it’s a personal memoir … or, rather, it’s … it’s a little bit of everything. Including flawed. The subtitle, How Scandinavians Conquered the World, is meant to be quite broad. We don’t realize this at first, reading through the early… Continue reading
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SOUND MAN – Glyn Johns
When you are one of the most influential sound engineers/music producers ever, it would be difficult to write a biography or memoir without a whole heck of a lot of name-dropping … as evidenced by Glyn Johns’ memoir, Sound Man. Seriously … Johns worked with groups like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Steve Miller… Continue reading
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THE LETTERS OF SHIRLEY JACKSON
Wow. This is a really remarkable book. In so many ways, reading these vast collection of letters – both personal (to her boyfriend [later her husband] and to her parents) and professional (to her agent and to publishers) – is a better autobiography than if she’d sat down to write specifically about her life. We… Continue reading
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SOUL SERENADE – Rashad Ollison
I was 100% attracted to this book because of the sub-title: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl. The effect of music, particularly in the age of vinyl, holds a lot of interest to me. What I was expecting, then, was a memoir addressing the role music played in the life and growth of Rashod… Continue reading
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PRIESTESS OF MORPHINE – Marie Madeleine
Whoa … where did this come from?! ‘Discovering’ a book like this is one of the joys of reading to review. Marie Madeleine was not likely to be on my radar, but I found her work to be significant. Baroness Gertrud Freifrau von Puttkamer (born Gertrud Günther) was a German writer of lesbian-themed erotica. She… Continue reading
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BEATLES WIVES – Marc Shapiro
Let’s see… The Beatles reached their peak as a working band almost 55 years ago and still we can’t seem to get enough of them. I wonder how many new Beatles-related books are still published each year. They broke up as a band well over 50 years ago, never had a reunion tour, two of… Continue reading
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MODEM TIMES 2.0 – Michael Moorcock
In the 1970’s I was a huge fan of Michael Moorcock, specifically his Elric series, but anything he wrote was gold in my hands. I have been reading a little Moorcock lately and was very happy to get a look at this. This book is part of the PM Outspoken Authors series. I’ve read and… Continue reading
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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMIC BOOK LETTERING – Nate Piekos
I have no desire to become a comic book letterer but I’ve been reading comic books (and graphic novels) for a long time and lettering was one of the few art forms in the comic book business that I didn’t know much about. Until now. As professed by the title, this is indeed The Essential Guide… Continue reading
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THE ENTERPRISE NCC 1701 AND THE MODEL MAKER – N. Datin McDonald and Richard C. Datin Jr.
STAR TREK WEEK There are many aspects of the television show Star Trek that have become iconic but is there anything more identifiable than the starship Enterprise? This self-published book by N. Datin McDonald gives some background and historical reference to the building of the original Enterprise model(s) used for the filming of the Star Trek television series. N. Datin… Continue reading
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RAISING HELL – Norman Spinrad
From PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series comes Norman Spinrad’s Raising Hell. The titular story (perhaps a novelette) is a humorous and biting commentary on the role of union’s in the workplace. A union organizer is sent to hell where he first organizes a strike against the working conditions and pain enforced by the devil’s demons. Constant… Continue reading
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A PRIVATE WILDERNESS: THE JOURNALS OF SIGURD F. OLSON – David Backes, editor
Nature writer, environmentalist, essayist, educator, conservationist, and former president of the National Parks Association, Sigurd F. Olson had a long career working in wilderness areas. For some, such as myself, he is best remembered for his gentle, thoughtful reflections of nature found in books like Listening Point, The Singing Wilderness, or Runes of the North (among others). Editor David… Continue reading
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THE URBAN SKETCHING HANDBOOK: UNDERSTANDING LIGHT – Katie Woodward
Not too long ago I reviewed a different book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series and I was very impressed with it. I am equally impressed with this volume. Artist and author Katie Woodward focuses on light in this volume with an emphasis on ‘portraying light effects’ as the subtitle indicates. In her introduction, Woodward… Continue reading
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