by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
November 27: “Get a radio or phonograph capable of the most extreme loudness possible, and sit down to listen to a performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony…”
by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
In honor of “Black Friday”, the editors of Grin & Tonic offer this encore presentation — not to say ‘rerun’ — of Matthew David Brozik’s piece from earlier this year. Following guest? Register...
by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
President Truman confronted a postwar world in collapse — and a collapsing home to boot.
by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
Curzio Malaparte’s 1943 magically naturalistic novel charts the shifting fates of wartime Italy in a trenchant, hard-hitting fashion that balances the play of larger forces against affairs of the human heart.
by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
Even folks who don’t follow hockey know the name of Bobby Orr, in his quiet retirement given to inspiring philanthropy. This long-awaited autobiography conveys the legend’s achievements on and off the ice with humble wit.
by bertbaby | Nov 27, 2013 | Book Reviews
Fearless sex writer Jesse Bering argues that all of us have some kind of paraphilia (intense erotic attraction to atypical fodder) – and should embrace it, via the teachings of Freud and Kinsey, and the shapely curves of the Eiffel Tower.
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