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Book Review: Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, and Lincolnshire’s Godly Aristocracy, 1519-1580 by Melissa Franklin Harkrider
Note to David Starkey - here's a woman making a difference in Tudor England.
Read More »Book Review: The Soul of Medicine by Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland
Physicians' tales of their most memorable patients includes characters both inspiring and scandalous.
Read More »Book Review: Dragon’s Dream By Roger Dean
If you are into visionary artwork, this is a must have - even more so if you have been impressed by Dean’s album covers.
Read More »Book Review: Seahawk: Confessions of an Old Hockey Goalie by Bruce Valley
Despite other flaws, hockey goalie's memoir succeeds in showing love of the game.
Read More »Book Review: My First Movie: Take Two – Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film Edited by Stephen Lowenstein
Insightful, entertaining, and inspirational for wannabe directors and those fascinated by the process of filmmaking.
Read More »Book Review: Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-On-One By Deke McClelland
This is the book if you want to learn the techniques of the selection masters.
Read More »Book Review: Blaze by Richard Bachman
The last of Stephen King's alter ego novels gets published thirty-five years after its initial draft.
Read More »Book Review: Seattle’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving In The Emerald City by Mike Seely
Geezer Grunger's Favorite Watering Holes.
Read More »Book Review: Wondrak and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig, Translated by Anthea Bell
Pushkin Press issues a set of psychologically intense anti-war stories by a now neglected early 20th century Austrian author.
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