From the outset, the premise captivates. Where once women might have been judged by the turn of an ankle or the shape of a cheek, we live in time when what is attractive can have a deeper meaning. And while… Continue Reading
It’s inevitable, really. Every 007 movie brings forth new books about the Bond phenomenon. Some are updated versions of older books, some are new. But they appear as part of the vast Bond marketing machine that hasn’t stopped since the… Continue Reading
The walking dead have had more than their share of attention over the past few years. But what about the newly dead? Hardly anyone cares about them at all. And that’s a concern because, according Domencik Dicce’s You’re a Vampire:… Continue Reading
Whatever picture you are building in your mind about Evolution: The Whole Story (Firefly), rebuild it. This book is bigger, more complete, denser of thought and material and more brilliantly illustrated than anything you are imagining. As the title promises,… Continue Reading
We’re not feeling a review of this one. We will give you facts. You must make up your own mind. Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs by Erik Didriksen will either grab you. Or it will not. From… Continue Reading
Frank Lloyd Wright designed houses and buildings from 1886 to 1959. Thomas Heatherwick established his design studio in London in 1984 and is still working. The two could not be more different, except in my mind there are key similarities. Both… Continue Reading
Whatever your opinion of Fury Road, the new Mad Max movie, you have to admit, it is one interesting looking film. It’s set in a post-apocalypic wasteland, sure. But it’s gorgeous in an almost steampunk way. The Art of Mad… Continue Reading
Almost from the moment she appeared on the scene in the early 1960s, Barbra Streisand had been a icon. At first, she was a curiosity. How could a skinny girl from Brooklyn with a stubborn nose and slightly crossed eyes… Continue Reading
Yes, I know: Who needs another book about Star Wars? Well, it turns out I did, and maybe you do too. Because Star Wars Art: Posters (Harry N. Abrams) is a different kind of Star Wars book. We all know that… Continue Reading
Seeing is believing, so they say. But I’m betting “they” never saw The Art of Deception: Illusions to Challenge the Eye and the Mind (Imagine). More than a collection of optical illusions (though it surely is that), The Art of Deception features… Continue Reading