by bertbaby | Jul 12, 2014 | Book Reviews
July 12: On this day in 1904, Pablo Neruda was born in Parral, Chile.
by bertbaby | Jul 11, 2014 | Book Reviews
July 11: Delmore Schwartz died on this day in 1966, aged fifty-two.
by bertbaby | Jul 10, 2014 | Book Reviews
From Mel Brooks to the writers of The Onion, a host of comedy scribes talk about the tricks of their trade.
by bertbaby | Jul 10, 2014 | Book Reviews
“Golf holes the size of pizzas…. A mulligan on every hole. These are some of the measures — some would say gimmicks — that golf courses across the country have experimented with to stop people from quitting the game…. People under...
by bertbaby | Jul 10, 2014 | Book Reviews
The true story of a nineteenth-century musical prodigy becomes a novel about the depths words can’t fathom.
by bertbaby | Jul 10, 2014 | Book Reviews
Michael Farquhar moves from the scandals of Great Britain’s royal history to the thrillingly excessive story of Russia’s Romanov dynasty. From Peter the Great through Catherine II (and yes, her lovers) to Rasputin and the fate of Nicholas and...
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