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BOOK REVIEW - Farber on Film

There was a Washington, D.C., phase in the life of Manny Farber, the esteemed movie critic and late-blossoming painter who died in 2008 at the age of 91. Between 1939 and early 1942, he lived in the city, where his elder brother Leslie w [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - Vanishing Point Not a Memoir by Ander Monson

"I can only try to make my burden of proof, and show you a preponderance of evidence, of fact and fiction, on my behalf," writes Ander Monson in "Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir." "I can only stand up and (think ab [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Between Friends

They are also joined together by an unusual bond: when Ali and her husband Benny were having trouble getting pregnant, Cora donated her eggs and is. The biological mother of their 15-year-old daughter Letty. Letty always knew the tru [...]

Posted On : Apr, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - The Slap, by Christos Tsiolkas

"The Slap" introduces us to middle-class suburbanites in Melbourne, Australia, struggling with too little money and too much alcohol. At a neighborhood barbecue, 4-year-old Hugo throws a tantrum, kicks a bad-tempered man named [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

Once upon a time, there was a children’s book. A great children’s book. One of the most beloved, iconic children’s books of all time, showing us all in words and pictures journey of a boy to the farthest reaches of his [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Union Atlantic

The great promise of Haslett’s 2002 short story collection, You Are Not a Stranger Here, is more than realized with this mesmerizing marriage of financial fraud, an elderly woman’s melancholy decline into dementia and gay sex [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Liberty’s Call Donnell Rubay: Book Review

This is a curiously old-fashioned historical romance, which should provide a satisfactory reading experience for those who do have a fondness for such. The hero and heroine have nothing more than one seriously intense petting session ove [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review- The Privileges, by Jonathan Dee

The Privileges, Jonathan Dee’s newest novel, comes with a pedigree of blurbs that any New York Times Book Review reader would drool over. Unfortunately, the cover and title have inspired more than one co-worker to casually ask abou [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - Sam Bartram - The story of a goalkeeping legen...

Originally released in 2006, Mike Blake’s Sam Bartram: The story of a goalkeeping legend has been revised and re-released as a bigger – in more ways than one –edition of the sold-out biography. The 2010 version not only [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - In Search of Sita

In an introduction to this book at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Devdutt Pattanaik aptly summed up the dilemma facing authors who want to write about the Ramayan and its principal character - Shri Ram. "When in India, if you w [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review How to talk money with your spouse

With all of the books in the marketplace advising consumers about how to earn, spend and save money, it’s hard to figure out which are truly the most helpful. This series of 10 book reviews is designed to help you navigate that. Th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Blue Blood by Edward Conlon

The Irish NYPD officer is a stereotype that has doggedly endured in popular culture. Flush-faced, portly and very possibly crooked he continues to crop up everywhere from. The Departed to The Simpsons. Even while the real life street [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Book review - The Magic of Property Investment

Here are several reasons why Renesial Leong likes property investment over other forms of investments:Cash flow on a monthly basis Make sure your rental income is able to cover mortgage repayment, service charges and other expenses. Leve [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Irresistible Henry House, By Lisa Grunwald

A truly good book makes you stay up late, miss your train stop, forget the weather. It makes you wish the author would write a thousand more pages, just letting the characters’ lives roll on and on as if they were friends you can c [...]