Archive | Book Reviews
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Book Review: ‘Tell All’ oozes washed-up Hollywood glam
Chuck Palahniuk’s latest novel, “Tell-All”, is about a washed-up actress named Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton and her confidant, Hazie Coogan, who is not only her maid but also the force behind Katherine’s glamorous facade. Palahniuk always seems to find new ways to tell his stories.
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Book review: Of the planet, for the planet
This book was written to save the world. “The Green Book,” a New York Times bestseller, is nothing short of a call to action. Its power grows at the turn of every page. Written by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M.
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Book Review “Let The Great World Spin”
In 1974, French acrobat Philippe Petit tied a steel cable between the Twin Towers in New York City and dazzled spectators with a daring tightrope walk 110 stories in the air. This incredible stunt captured people’s imaginations and turned an ordinary day into the extraordinary.
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Book Review: “The Hidden People Of North Korea” by Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh
The haunting portrait of everyday life under modern dictatorship offered in The Hidden People of North Korea should be vaguely familiar to most Americans, but the level of detail in Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh’s new book makes for occasionally surprising and unsettling reading.
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Book Review: “Almost Silent” by Jason aka John Arne Sæterøy
“Almost Silent,” released last month from Fantagraphics Books in Seattle, is certainly silent with almost no dialogue, but Jason captures an impressive reality that is not hidden or hindered by unnecessary words undermining the importance of action.