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 early 1960s. This fall’s release of Spectre, the 24th film in the series, saw its share. Here’s a look at three. The best by far is The James Bond Archives (Taschen). Created with the full cooperation […]
We all know the names of superstars. We all know the names of supermodels. But do we, any of us, know the names of any superagents, much less the first one? Maybe we know Michael Ovitz because he made so much news as his ship sank. Anyone else? If you were into the making of movies in the 1970s, you know who Sue Mengers was. In her own way, she was as big a star as the […]
“It’s an old idea that if we got enough people spinning in their graves we could use it as a power source, a graveyard forming a turbine array. But since the spin action depends on a preoccupation with other people’s business and opinions, have you wondered how much energy you would produce?” Fictionist and big idea guy Steve Aylett heads at non-fiction for the first time in Heart of the Original (Unbound). This is contemporary […]
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, this <i>is</i> the whole story. Full stop. Editor Steve Parker is a senior scientific fellow of the Zoological Society of London and the author of hundreds of books including The Encyclopedia of Sharks and Planet-Ape. […]
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 City, War of Words) looks closely at a much earlier Churchill: the young man military man and reporter between 1895 and 1900. In Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondent (Da Capo) we […]
The beaver has an image problem. All bucktooth goofiness, not worthy of noble national animals like America’s soaring eagle or China’s ferocious but cute panda. But, Frances Backhouse contends in Once They Were Hats (ECW) there is much more to the beaver than a tail that appears to have been flattened by a tractor tire: The truth is, the humble and much-aligned beaver is actually the Mighty Beaver, arguable North America’s most influential animal, aside […]
Self-help guru, motivational speaker and one of the top selling authors of all time has died. Wayne Dyer passed away over the weekend in Hawaii at the age of 75. From the New York Times: He died late Saturday or early Sunday, his daughter Serena said. Dr. Dyer was known to have leukemia, but a spokeswoman for his publisher, Hay House, said the cause was a heart attack. A popular lecturer and talk-show guest who […]
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