by bertbaby | Jul 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
The parson-naturalist Gilbert White was born on this day in 1720.
by bertbaby | Jul 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
A new translation of a noir cult classic lets fists and guns do the talking.
by bertbaby | Jul 18, 2014 | Book Reviews
A tour through the world’s most populous archipelago finds a kaleidoscope of cultures.
by bertbaby | Jul 17, 2014 | Book Reviews
July 17: Virginia Woolf finished The Waves on this day in 1931.
by bertbaby | Jul 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
When a poetry scholar goes digging through the decrepit estate of his wife’s family to uncover a bygone arts colony’s strange mysteries, he awakens a tenacious monster: his mother-in-law. A wickedly funny take on aging aristocracies from author Rebecca...
by bertbaby | Jul 16, 2014 | Book Reviews
What makes a film actor into a larger-than-life movie star? James Harvey’s passionate, freewheeling essays explain why there are some faces (from Greta Garbo’s to Samuel L. Jackson’s) from which we cannot look away.
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