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Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
May 24th, 2012
Here’s a fresh take on what has already become a rather tiresome topic. Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age (Harper, 2010), by William Powers, makes the case that in our screen-obsessed age, we need to take time to disconnect from all our assorted gadgetry. Read more »
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The Expats
May 17th, 2012
A move to Luxembourg for her husband’s career is a good reason for CIA officer Kate Moore to leave her life of secrets behind and reinvent herself as an expat, shuttling kids to school and lunching with other expat moms. Read more »
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From Cage to Page
UFC star Urijah Faber writes a memoir/manifesto revealing his ‘Laws of Power’
May 17th, 2012
What began as a freelance assignment for Fight! magazine has manifested into a full-fledged book for popular UFC fighter Urijah Faber. Read more »
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This biography of a once-great writer achieves greatness itself
May 17th, 2012
William Hjortsberg’s Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life And Times of Richard Brautigan is a staggering achievement, a truly wonderful and thoughtful biography. But it’s very difficult to fully appreciate just how good it is unless you’re already familiar with the book’s subject. Read more »
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Beyond Beach Reads
Despite a troubled book industry, summer books are sizzling. Here’s a sampling of the best.
May 10th, 2012
So far, 2012 has been tough on the publishing industry. Last month, the Department of Justice sued Apple and five major publishers for allegedly conspiring to fix the price of digital books. Read more »
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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them
April 26th, 2012
In his first book, Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them Frank Langella shares details of his encounters with more than 50 famous people, revealing intimate details of them, as well as of himself. Read more »
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Maximum Glenum
Gurlesque’s ringleader comes to town, and Vegas Seven gets an earful
April 12th, 2012
Burlesque meets the grotesque meets the carnivalesque in a new breed of poetry called Gurlesque. In this cultural phenomenon—birthed from the mind and loins of lady Generation X poets—tutus are tattered, unicorns vomit, horror and humor collide, and social norms are strangled with fishnet stockings and drowned in menstrual blood. Read more »
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The Power of Habit will inspire you to change yours
April 12th, 2012
I don’t know author Charles Duhigg, but he sure knows a lot about me. Or rather, he knows so much from studying people’s habits that I feel like my privacy has been invaded. Read more »
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The Paris Wife
April 12th, 2012
In The Paris Wife (Ballantine Books, 2011), author Paula McLain captures the allure of the Lost Generation of expatriates in Paris through her surprisingly sympathetic depiction of the marriage of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley. Read more »
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‘V’ is for Victorino
A local author chronicles the unlikely rise of a Las Vegas baseball standout
March 29th, 2012
Like a long line drive into the gap, local author Alan Maimon stretched Las Vegas connections all the way to Philadelphia. Our City of Entertainment met their City of Brotherly Love last year when the ex-Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter’s debut book, Shane Victorino: The Flyin’ Hawaiian—chronicling the unlikely rise of the former Las Vegas 51s centerfielder to major league all-star status—was published by Triumph Books. Read more »
