'Red Fire: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution' by Wei Yang Chao is an eloquent account of how China's Cultural Revolution impacted individuals, families and the country.
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Book Review: ‘I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons’ by Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart wrapped up a successful tour for the release of his memoir, 'I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons', including one stop at Politics and Prose Bookstore in D.C.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Beyond Bedlam’s Door: True Tales from the Couch and Courtroom’ by Mark Rubinstein
The Case study approach of Michael Rubinstein's 'Beyond Bedlam's Door' provides a worthy look at psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and the human condition.
Read More »Jim Morrison: Unlocking The Doors, 50 Years On
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of 'The Doors' and the Summer of Love.
Read More »Interview: Liz Crocker, Coauthor of ‘Transforming Memories: Sharing Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words’
An interview with Liz Crocker, coauthor of the self-help book, 'Transforming Memories: Sharing Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words,' which offers a powerful writing technique for healing from old wounds.
Read More »Book Review: ‘A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz’ by Göran Rosenberg
Railroad cars brought the author's father and mother to Auschwitz, but railroad cars also brought them from Auschwitz, eventually to the town where they would try to start fresh and raise a family. His book is a loving, questioning, aching letter from a onetime little boy to the father the Nazis took from him.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Gotta Find A Home’ by Dennis Cardiff
If you are in the mood to read some excellent writing and discover some excellent people in less than excellent circumstances, please consider adding 'Gotta Find A Home' by Dennis Cardiff to your life and bookshelf.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Boys in the Trees: A Memoir’ by Carly Simon
This is a remarkable memoir, often painful but never bitter, full of great highs and deep lows
Read More »Book review: ‘The Man Behind the Curtain’ by Ron Elgin
Ad man Ron Elgin tells all in hilarious career confessions sequel, 'The Man Behind the Curtain'.
Read More »Book Reviews: ‘My Wicked, Wicked Ways’ by Errol Flynn
In his autobiography, 'My Wicked, Wicked Ways' Errol Flynn concentrates on the social climate that spans his lifetime, discovering human vices known to the world and holding steadfastly to man's visceral sense of justice.
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