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Book Review: Capote in Kansas – A Ghost Story by Kim Powers
What might have been a lovely and haunting story collapses under the double-team pressure of mawkishness and bad writing.
Read More »Book Review: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
The writer's irreverance and lack of pretense shine through as she makes even Pilgrim theology entertaining history.
Read More »Book Review: Take Your Best Shot By Tim Grey
A great book for anyone from novice, advanced amateur, as well as anyone making the move from film to digital.
Read More »Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash – The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz
For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.
Read More »Book Review: Guests of the Nation by Mike Palecek
Lack of character development undermines effectiveness of novel contending 9/11 was a government conspiracy.
Read More »Book Review: Real Moments – Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein
Bob Dylan through the eyes of Barry Feinstein.
Read More »Book Review: A Man Most Wanted By John Le Carre
Le Carre makes our worst fears about the excesses of the intelligence community come to life without hyperbole or melodrama.
Read More »Book Review: Photo Workshop – Portrait and Candid Photography by Erin Manning
A great introduction to the concept of creating portraits and shooting people.
Read More »Book Review: Singled Out – How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson
There's much to admire in the oral histories, captured at the last possible moment.
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