London: Portrait Of A City
London: Portrait of a City By Reuel Golden (Taschen) Following up their truly spectacular read on a major city dear to my heart, their New York: Portrait Of A City (see my review here), Taschen offers another Reuel Golden cityscape, London: Portrait Of A City. With captions penned by the always succinct Barry Miles, the five chapters here span More...
The Mansion of Happiness by Jill Lepore
The Mansion of Happiness by Jill Lepore (Knopf) The Mansion of Happiness is In Jill Lepore’s seventh novel, and the title is derived from a popular board game of the same name, created by Milton Bradley. Lepore More...
VICE DOs & DON’Ts 2: 17 Years of Street Fashion Critiques
VICE DOs & DON’Ts 2: 17 Years of Street Fashion Critiques By The Editors of Vice Magazine (VICE Books) This summer marks the release of VICE Books Dos & Don’ts: Book 2, the sequel to Dos & Don’ts which More...
Daily Decadence: The Art of Sensual Living by Sherri Dobay
Daily Decadence: The Art of Sensual Living By Sherri Dobay (Flying Archer Press) In the introduction of the latest creation from writer and wine aficionado, Sherri Dobay, she states, “All around, there are More...
Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ by Mark Katz
Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ By Mark Katz (Oxford University Press) Mark Katz gives appropriate shout-outs to Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn, as well as More...
Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett
Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention By Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett (Abrams) Steampunk is a very unique little genre. Victorian dress with steam powered robots-often a little fetish for both thrown More...
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret (FSG Originals) Suddenly, a Knock on the Door is author Etgar Keret’s sixth short story collection. It contains thirty-five seemingly interconnected tales, rooted More...
O.J. Is Innocent And I Can Prove It by William C. Dear
O.J. Is Innocent And I Can Prove It by William C. Dear (Skyhorse Publishing) Does seasoned private eye/ex-cop William C. Dear prove his title? I am not going to even begin to tell you, but I will say O.J. Is Innocent More...
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (Abrams ComicArts) It’s not going to get much better then Derf Backderf’s graphic novel My Friend Dahmer, a first-hand account of the author/artists’ actual More...
Backstage Past by Barry Fey
Backstage Past by Barry Fey (Lone Wolfe Past) What I love about Barry Fey’s Backstage Past is that this giant of rock promotion treats us to his insights as much from the rock businessman side of things as More...
