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Book Review: A Day in the Life: One Family, the Beautiful People, and the End of the Sixties by Robert Greenfield
Despite its potential as metaphor, this biography of one of London's hip couples of the "Swinging '60s" suffers from unsympathetic subjects.
Read More »Book Review: Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider’s View by Jay Cowan
A memoir of a shared experience and a seemingly balanced assessment of Thompson.
Read More »Book Review: Women Invent! Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World by Susan Casey
For Mother's Day: A salute to the woman who invented the dishwasher, and her many inventive sisters.
Read More »Book Review: The Story Of AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, 2nd Edition by Susan Masino
This book covers pretty much every aspect of the life and times of AC/DC.
Read More »Book Review: Waiting For The Sun: A Rock ‘N’ Roll History Of Los Angeles by Barney Hoskyns
The Glory Days Of L.A. Music.
Read More »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: John Zorn: Tradition And Transgression by John Brackett
First in-depth study of John Zorn's music
Read More »Book Review: Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa by Michele K. Spike
Yes she was a pope's mistress. She was also a warrior, a politician, and a woman who stood up for herself.
Read More »Book Review: Views by Roger Dean, Carla Capalbo, and Donny Hamilton
Yes cover designer Roger Dean's long out of print book gets reissued.
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