Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2025

Book review: Blake Gopnik exposes Albert Barnes

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In  The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream , art critic Blake Gopnik tells us, in his well-documented tome, all abo...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Book review: Mary was a 'Captive Queen'

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Jade Scott , is a specialist on Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), and the secretary of the Scottish History Society and an associate fellow ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Still another book on Tsar Nicholas II, but this one ...

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Tsuyoshi Hasegawa professor emeritus in history at the University of California at Santa Barbara has written many books on Russian history,...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Four great audiobooks by Dolly, Mel, Rod, and Billie Jean

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They would be  Mel Brooks ,   Rod Stewart ,  Dolly Parton , and  Billie Jean King , talking about themselves in their autobiographies  (or i...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

An art lover's must read

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If you love anything about art, this is a fascinating excursion into the wild world of art. The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, An...
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Highly recommended: 'Your Table Is Ready'

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Drugs, sex, rock ‘n’ roll… And would you like some food with that?  That pretty well sums up the first half of Your Table Is Ready by Micha...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Gottlieb's 'Avid Reader' highly recommended for the wordy

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Like so many other memoirs, I was led to Avid  Reader: A Life (2016)  by the obituary of the author, Robert Gottlieb (1931-2023), the exal...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Book review: 'We Carry Their Bones' shocks

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I shunned this book when I saw it on the shelf of new non-fiction titles at the Falls Church library, knowing a little of the story and the ...
Friday, November 11, 2022

The best audio book ever! 'Be My Baby'

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I have listened to many audiobooks but none as great as Be My Baby: A Memoir by Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of the Ronettes who relea...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Book review: 'The Gatsby Affair' was not

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I suppose the insertion of the word "affair" in the title of any book would help it sell better. Surely, a Ph.D. student has rese...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

Another must for journalists: Carl Bernstein's book

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  You know it's a "must." He's a "must" for anyone who's a news-aholic, and/or in the writing business (whic...