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New From St. Martin’s Press

TOXIN TOXOUT: GETTING HARMFUL CHEMICALS OUT OF OUR BODIES AND OUR WORLD. Bruce Lourie. Rick Smith. St. Martin’s Press. The modern world has been sanitized – an array of soaps … Continue reading →

April 29, 2014 · Leave a comment

Fargo

FARGO. Starring Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Allison Tolman. Produced by Joel and Ethan Coen. FX & Netflix. The crossover between big screen and little screen is pretty much … Continue reading →

April 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

Shipstar

SHIPSTAR. Larry Niven. Gregory Benford. TOR. Niven and Benford are noted masters of the science fiction genre, and this volume does nothing to detract from their long-established stature. Shipstar centers around a … Continue reading →

April 9, 2014 · Leave a comment

Years of Living Dangerously

YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY. Showtime.  It was, for me, an extraordinary night of television. First, there was the fifth episode of deGrasse-Tyson’s “Cosmos” in which he discussed the nature of light, … Continue reading →

April 9, 2014 · Leave a comment

In Homage To the Father of the Modern Rock Song

BOB DYLAN: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT CELEBRATION. Bob Dylan & Various artists. CD & DVD: Deluxe Edition includes the first-time release of this material on DVD and Blue-ray Disc. First … Continue reading →

March 20, 2014 · Leave a comment

Cosmos

COSMOS. Fox and National Geographic channels. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, and Ann Druyan. Over 30 million American adults don’t know the Earth goes about the sun. So a reprise of … Continue reading →

March 11, 2014 · Leave a comment

Tyringham Park

TYRINGHAM PARK. Rosemary McLoughlin. Atria Books. It’s very rare for first-time fiction to break any ground, so very rare for a novelist’s debut to catch a reader by surprise. However, … Continue reading →

February 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

Winter Audio 2014

TALK LIKE TED. Carmine Gallo. Macmillan Audio. Death and public speaking – those are the two universal fears that tie us all together. For many, speaking in front of crowds … Continue reading →

February 19, 2014 · Leave a comment

A Killing of Angels

A KILLING OF ANGELS. Kate Rhodes. Minotaur Books. Scheduled for release on February 25, 2014, A Killing of Angels captures the bare elements of the human psyche in vibrant tones. In essence, this … Continue reading →

February 13, 2014 · Leave a comment

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