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Book Review: ‘Brand Vandals: Reputation Wreckers and How to Build Better Defences’ by Steve Earl and Stephen Waddington
There is nowhere to hide in the internet age.
Read More »Book Review: `Feldstein’ by Grant Geissman
Artist, writer, and editor Al Felstein gets an impressive appreciation in a new richly-illustrated biography for fans of EC Comics and Mad Magazine.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Serenity Found,’ Edited by Jane Espenson
A new collection of essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly struggles to explain what made the show great.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Cool Creations in 35 Pieces’ by Sean Kenney
For current and future Lego enthusiasts.
Read More »Book Review: Oxygen: ‘A Four Billion Year History’ by Donald E Canfield
For the basically scientifically literate or the truly curious, this is a fascinating, sophisticated account.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Mirages’ by Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin’s diaries have become the standard for personal diaries only a few writers could match.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking’ by Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing travels America in search of the effects of alcohol on six great authors.
Read More »Book Review: ‘A Complete Guide to Non Weight Bearing’ by the Knee Walker Team
We don't realize what a blessing the simple act of taking two steps is until our ability to move and walk freely has been impaired.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Trickster’s Hat’ by Nick Bantock
Subtitled "A Mischievous Apprenticeship in Creativity," this book provides a series of activities to loosen up your brain.
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