Best of Penguin Audio’s Fall 2017 Releases
THE VIETNAM WAR. An Intimate History. Geoffrey Ward. Ken Burns. Penguin Audio. The Vietnam War is said to have changed America forever, as families in the 60s and 70s were … Continue reading
Medical Assisting Lead Author Michelle Blesi On Writing A Textbook
Michelle Blesi is the lead author of Medical Assisting, one of the authoritative undergraduate textbooks in the discipline reviewed here. Blesi, who currently teaches at Century College in Minnesota, has … Continue reading
Joseph Postell’s Bureaucracy In America
BUREAUCRACY IN AMERICA: The Administrative State’s Challenge To Constitutional Government. Joseph Postell. University of Missouri. Joseph Postell’s treatise, as part of the University of Missouri’s Studies in Constitutional Democracy, couldn’t be … Continue reading
A Socially Relevant Summer Reading List
YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY. Jen Sincero. Penguin Audio. At one point, Sincero was impoverished, wondering how she was going to make it. And then she got serious … Continue reading
Sam Shepard: In Memoriam
I. Sam Shepard was one of the great western writers of our times. By that I mean to say that Shepard brought the uncanny ability to tell the stories of … Continue reading
Penguin Audio To Double-Release Max Brook’s Minecraft
MINECRAFT: THE ISLAND. Max Brooks. First version narrated by Jack Black. Second version narrated by Samira Wiley. Penguin Audio. Minecraft, due for release on July 18, takes the skeleton of … Continue reading
Elinor Frey Continues Her Ascent
FIORÈ: Complete Cello Sonatas & 17th C. Italian Arias. Elinor Frey. In Perfomance With Suzie LeBlanc; Lorenzo Ghielmi; and Esteban La Rotta. Passacaille Records. In an earlier review, I described … Continue reading
Penguin Audio Celebrates Jefferson’s America
Amid all the fireworks displays and backyard barbecues, the true meaning of why we gather to celebrate the 4th of July has slowly been lost. But this year, Penguin-Random House … Continue reading
San Francisco Giants Strive To Illuminate the Many Faces of Homelessness
Homelessness wears many faces. Teenagers and 20-somethings fighting drug addiction. Middle-aged people in the throes of alcoholism. And families comprised of young parents with children unable to buy food, pay … Continue reading
Electric Review 