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(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…
Bestselling author and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died earlier today at home in Cambridge, England. He was 76. From Deadline Hollywood: Hawking became a celebrity thanks to his A Brief History of Time best-seller and his striking struggle against the ravages of…
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a freelance writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January…
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer is intended to empower patients go beyond the one-size-fits-all “standard of care” and make the decisions that are best for themselves and their loved ones. Because she has a research background, Dr. Maker was able…
Though Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s book about the Trump White House had been set for publication on January 8th, following a cease and desist order from President Donald Trump’s lawyer, publisher Henry Holt moved the publication up several days, to January…
At best, writing about books is subjective. My favorite book of the year could very well be the one you liked least. And, certainly, vice-versa. So why do we do it? Because people love lists and collections and personal connections. And…
If you’re like me — and chances are if you’re interested in this book you probably are — then one of your first thoughts will be: “How is this different from Tools of Titans?” Or more to the point: “Which of these…
In 2000, Canadian businessman Avie Bennett engineered a deal to wrest “The Canadian Publisher” McClelland and Stewart, out of the protection of Canadian Heritage and into the arms of a foreign national company in the form of then Random House. Though many…
I first heard about Field Roast about five years ago when a single Vancouver restaurant was bringing it in for their vegan clientele. At the time, the product wasn’t legal in Canada’s the restaurant would basically mule it over the border, taking…
There is a more than one moment in Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & A Few of My Other Favorite Things (Blue Rider), Loudon Wainwright III’s starkly honest autobiography, that he cuts straight to a place…