How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes
MASTERMIND: HOW TO THINK LIKE SHERLOCK HOLMES. Maria Konnikova. Penguin. Really, the question isn’t whether you should think like Sherlock Holmes, but if you would want to. In his acclaimed … Continue reading
Alpha House
ALPHA HOUSE. Created and Written by Garry Trudeau. Directed by Adam Bernstein. Amazon Studios. Supposedly, back in the late 1970s, a woman gained a certain anonymous fame by asking, “How can … Continue reading
The Band and the Rock & Roll Heart of History
LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: 1971. The Band. In Sets of two CDS; and four CDS plus one DVD. Capitol Records. Casual music fans might think that Bob Dylan made the one-and-only … Continue reading
City of Lost Dreams
CITY OF LOST DREAMS. Magnus Flyte (Pseudonym for Meg Howrey & Christina Lynch). Penguin. City of Lost Dreams, a Penguin original just-released, is an ambitious novel that promises an action-packed plot and … Continue reading
The Voice of the Animal Self
GHOST TANTRAS. Michael McClure. City Lights Books. Michael McClure, a founding member of the Beat Generation, has embodied many styles during a legendary 60-year career, one in which he came … Continue reading
Aventine From Agnes Obel
AVENTINE. Agnes Obel. 2013. [PIAS] Recordings. Let’s begin with a long winded digression. I’ve always associated Agnes Obel’s “Philharmonics” album with Phil and Kaja Foglio’s “Girl Genius” online comic. It … Continue reading
Autumn Audio 2013
FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. Stephen Coonts. Brilliance Audio. Flight of the Intruder stands as one of the twenty top-selling novels of all time. An instant classic that brings the Vietnam War and … Continue reading
MacMillan Audio Spotlight
REPLY ALL. And Other Ways to Tank Your Career. Richie Frieman. Macmillan Audio. In this age of social media, everybody’s gone email and text-message crazy. In turn, this mania over … Continue reading
The Brothers Grimm For Modern Times
FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Deluxe Edition. Retold by Philip Pullman. Penguin Classics. These are the stories with which we grew up, and acclaimed author Philip Pullman (widely known to readers … Continue reading
Electric Review 