by envisionmg | Sep 26, 2013 | Fiction, Staff Picks, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jim I had actually been waiting for this book to be translated into English for some time. It was written by a Italian writers collective Wu Ming (aka Luther Blisett). Altai is a loose sequel to their book Q published in 1999. Because it is a translation...
by envisionmg | Jan 2, 2013 | Biography, Non-fiction, Staff Review
“I hope we’re as good friends when you finish your book as we are now,” Ben Bradlee, the legendary former executive editor of The Washington Post, told Jeff Himmelman in March 2010. “But I don’t give a [expletive deleted] what you write about me.” No author could make...
by envisionmg | Dec 22, 2012 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
I first took notice of this book when I saw the author, actor Frank Langella interviewed on The Tavis Smiley Show to discuss his memoir of the remarkable people encountered over his fifty year career. He presents them, not as they might have described themselves, but...
by envisionmg | Dec 17, 2012 | Fiction, Romance, Staff Review
I am not a voracious fiction reader – romantic fiction especially. But I was taken by the cover (the muted tones, the Grace Kelly look-a-like, the English back drop) as well as the title which added a touch of melancholy. It is London, 1960. When Jennifer Stirling...
by envisionmg | Dec 11, 2012 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
This book appealed to me because I’m part of its target audience – folks in their 30s or 40s who experienced MTV as teenagers – when its programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jan 31, 2012 | Fiction, Staff Picks, Staff Review
“The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the port of Long Beach, California is receding into memory; Saudi Arabia has recently quelled a coup; Russians and Turks are clashing in the Caspian Basin; Iranian armored units,...
