Graphic novels, or in this case graphic biographies, are a new world to me. I’ve always looked at the arts rather like a primary school gym teacher: words over here, pictures over there, no talking in lines! PWEET! But then… Continue Reading
When he finally stopped writing he was so severely over-stimulated he was unable to keep his body still. His arms flailed about and he paced so much on de Beauvoir’s carpet that he wore a hole in it. He was… Continue Reading
Winston Churchill was an iconic leader. But most of us imagine him as he was best known: a seasoned leader deep into his life and at the height of his powers. Here Simon Read (The Case That Foiled Fabian, Dark… Continue Reading
A memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré, will be published in September 2016 simultaneously in Canada, the US and the UK by Penguin Random House. An audiobook version, read by the author, will be… Continue Reading
Alice in Chains: The Untold Story (Thomas Dunne Books) is not a book that could have been published a couple of decades ago. Aside from the obvious — events unfolding — the truth was simply too new and raw for… Continue Reading
All of history is about little Renaissances. Important discoveries — sometimes not seemingly that large on their own — from which contemporary knowledge leapfrogs in a significant way. Big Science (Simon & Schuster) is an in-depth biography of one such… Continue Reading
Survivor guilt is the tragic thread that winds through much of Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance (Da Capo) by Martin Goldsmith (The Inextinguishable Symphony). A single paragraph in the introduction sums that feeling up… Continue Reading
If you missed The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuna (Anchor Books) when it first came out in the spring of 2014, you have a great chance to catch it now in paperback. If… Continue Reading
Few names from the era loom as large as those of the top generals from North and South each: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In story and fable, both men have been elevated to the place of myth.… Continue Reading
Depending on who you listen to, the Internet is alternately ruled by cats or made of them. Either way, it is well established that denizens of the Internet like a good cat tale. And, honestly, they don’t get much better… Continue Reading