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Beatlemaniacnew
Ian McDonald devised a book that wraps astute social analysis around the fan bait of track-by-track, annotated descriptions of every Beatles recording, including session notes, trivia and critical exegesis.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
11-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Why John Leland Doesn't Matternew
Leland's Why Kerouac Matters doesn't attempt to defend On the Road so much as outline what Kerouac actually meant. And Leland tells most everyone that their readings are, more or less, wrong.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Most of 'Chasing the Rising Sun' is Ted Anthony's Existential Dilemmanew
Most books on the history of a single song would be quite slender, but not when the song is The House of the Rising Sun. Anthony writes more about what he discovers about himself than the music.
Shepherd Express |
Martin Jack Rosenblum |
10-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Songs Without Words' Captures the Tolstoys' Lifenew
The book, which includes 180 of Countess Sophia Tolstoy's photos and dozens of deeply personal journal entries, tells the story of a famous family living through the tumultuous times of pre-Revolution Russia.
Shepherd Express |
Heather Zydek |
09-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
Frank Lloyd Wright's Extra-Marital Activitiesnew
Debut novelist Nancy Horan takes Wright's real-life affair with Mamah Cheney and runs with it.
Shepherd Express |
Rebecca Schlei |
09-10-2007 |
Fiction
Car Bomb Universitynew
A history of the big blowup.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
07-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
In the Shadow of Old Hollywoodnew
Actor Farley Granger speaks out.
Shepherd Express |
Nathan Lerner |
07-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Fellow Travelers' Brings Cold War Era to Lifenew
Historical novel transports readers back in time.
Shepherd Express |
Roger Miller |
06-25-2007 |
Fiction
Elmore Leonard's Latestnew
America's coolest author on Honey's Room.
Shepherd Express |
Rex Rutkowski |
05-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, Up in Honey's Room
Roll Over Leonard Bernsteinnew
Classical faces the music?
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Nazi Economics: New Insights into the Third Reichnew
It was actually the United States that made Hitler do it -- at least in his twisted mind.
Shepherd Express |
Roger Miller |
05-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
All 'Stacked' Up: Laughing About Breastsnew
Stacked is a wide-ranging exploration of All Things Breast, and it's also that rare combination -- a book that gives readers the opportunity to laugh and learn at the same time.
Shepherd Express |
Amy Waldman |
05-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Wanderlust and Turmoilnew
The 60s without apology.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Schumacher |
04-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Exaggerated World of David Sedarisnew
David Sedaris responds to allegations that he fabricates portions of his stories, then discusses writer's block, quitting smoking and killing animals.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
04-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: humor, David Sedaris, NPR, Books, journalism, memoirs, radio, the New Republic, This American Life, writing
Concerned About Racenew
Joyce Carol Oates in black and white.
Shepherd Express |
Judith Ann Moriarty |
03-26-2007 |
Fiction
