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Build a Better Photograph - Book Review
Throughout this book his sense of humor is alive and apparent. Even though some of the subject matter could be considered 'heavy lifting' Michael Stern keeps it professional, but light. He understands human nature as well as he knows cameras. His writingmore
Book review: Bankers, cadets reveal greater goals do work
y James Pressley The bankers of Goldman Sachs Group may be in for a surprise: they have more in common with West Point cadets than they know. Each group identifies with its institution and its ideals, and each has thrived as a result, as George Akerlofmore
Telling it like it is
Some spam just in from Amazon uk: ?Don?t give flowers for mothersday, They Die?.more
National Book Critics Circle winners announced
Winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award for autobiography is 'Somewhere Towards the End' by Diana Athill. Winner of NBCC award for non-fiction is 'Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science' bymore
Film review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Sex and violence pepper the adaptation of Stieg Larsson's bestselling crime novel, which might have been better served as a TV series, writes Peter Bradshaw This is part of the mega-selling Millennium Trilogy of gruesome crime novels by the late Swedishmore
Book review: 'Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs'
There is some doubt about how Tamie Fraser voted in the last three elections. What a sad situation. But even sadder is that she was not alone in her disillusionment and her disgust. Many people would not vote Liberal while John Howard was Prime Ministermore
Book places: Powell?s Bookstores North
The shop: Last year, when Powell?s Chicago closed its South Loop store after two decades, it was an ominous sign. If a quality used-book institution such as Powell?s, which opened in Hyde Park in the ?70s, was suffering, what did that signal formore
[Book Review] Sociology: Putting Law into Practice in Personnel
Examining the origins and evolution of affirmative action and equal opportunity, Dobbin argues that the crucial roles in shaping these transformative employment policies were played by human resources professionals rather than the law. Author:more
[Book Review] Psychology: Bad Theories Can Harm Victims
Clancy argues that children generally do not experience abuse as traumatic when it occurs but that often the trauma develops later, when "therapeutic culture dictates to victims how they should feel about their experience." Authors: Elizabeth F. Loftus,more
In Praise of Little Books
It recently dawned on me that the volumes of collected poems popular these days in trade publishing are often a literary auto-da-fe. Are there a dozen people who have read The Collected Poems of Frank O?Hara or The Collected Poems of Allen Ginsbergmore
International Affairs 86/2 - Book Reviews
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The Kreutzer Sonata: Film review
Danny Huston stars in another intelligent film transposing Tolstoy to LA. By Peter Bradshaw British-born director Bernard Rose, known as a horror specialist for his 1992 shocker Candyman, is showing some stunning form with his modern adaptations ofmore
Book Review of Organic Azides: Syntheses and Applications
Organic Process Research & Development, Volume 0, Issue 0, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable).more
Book review: Fun, Inc.
Posted by Book Reviews I have a recurring dream that goes like this: I am running somewhere ? anywhere ? and I never run out of breath or get tired. It feels wonderful. Because of it, I am unsurprised to read in Prospect editor Tom Chatfield's Fun,more
Small Press Month: Flood Editions Press
In celebration of Small Press Month, we are profiling local small presses through the month of March. Next up, welcome Devin Johnston, editor of Flood Editions Press. Name of press: Flood Editions In what year was your press founded? We were founded inmore
'Loose Knit' review: Women on the verge, onstage
Carl Wallnau She didnt actually appear in Loose Knit which received a terrific production at Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown that closed Sunday. But Steinem is mentioned a few times by the five women who inhabited Theresa Rebecks arresting 1993more
A Job Interview to End All Job Interviews
Kevin Quinn, the protagonist of James Hynes's "Next," is first seen on an airplane that is making its descent into Austin, Tex. He's wondering whether one of those shoulder-launched missiles with the same name as a cocktail - a Stinger - will hit themore
Book Review: Counterpoint (The West Australian)
1:30 pm Buzz up! LITERARY Counterpoint Anna Enquist What greater calamity can befall a parent than the death of a child? In this haunting novel, an unnamed pianist practises Bach's Goldberg Variations as she tries to come to terms with the death of amore
Book Review: Counterpoint (The West Australian)
What greater calamity can befall a parent than the death of a child? In this haunting novel, an unnamed pianist practises Bach's Goldberg Variations as she tries to come to terms with the death of a much-loved daughter. Its dreamlike prose has the forcemore
Book review: Best Served Cold (The West Australian)
12:30 pm Buzz up! FANTASY Best Served Cold Joe Abercrombie I have seen the future of fantasy and it's Joe Abercrombie. This novel's a spin-off from the First Law trilogy, set in Styria, and it has all the hallmarks of the Abercrombie style. It startsmore
Book review: Best Served Cold (The West Australian)
FANTASYBest Served ColdJoe Abercrombie(Orion, 536pp, $32.99)I have seen the future of fantasy and it's Joe Abercrombie.This novel's a spin-off from the First Law trilogy, set in Styria, and it has all the hallmarks of the Abercrombie style.It starts withmore
Book review: The Shakespeare Curse (The West Australian)
J. L. Carrell This is a follow-up to The Shakespeare Secret, and once again Kate Stanley is embroiled in a Shakespearean mystery. This time it's all to do with Macbeth, and the evil that is supposed to surround it. An actress famous years ago choosesmore
Book review: The Shakespeare Curse (The West Australian)
MYSTERYThe Shakespeare CurseJ. L. Carrell(Sphere, 480pp, $32.99)This is a follow-up to The Shakespeare Secret, and once again Kate Stanley is embroiled in a Shakespearean mystery. This time it's all to do with Macbeth, and the evil that is supposed tomore
Ian McEwan warms to climate change
An hour into my interview with Ian McEwan the doorbell rings. McEwan rises from the sofa in the elegant living-room where we are talking and goes to answer it. From the hallway I can hear the sound of conversation. McEwan is 61. His long, ascetic face,more
Hilary Duff to write young adult book series
American actress and singer Hilary Duff is set to publish a series of young adult novels, announced publisher Simon & Schuster on March 9. The first novel in the series, Elixir, will be published in hardcover in October 2010. Elixir will reportedlymore
Book Review | 'About a Mountain,' by John D?Agata - Yucca Mountain, Nevada
The mountain that John D'Agata is ostensibly concerned with in his slim but powerful new book, 'About a Mountain,' is Yucca Mountain, located approximately 100 miles north of Las Vegas. And he's not the only one interested in it: since the mid-1980s, themore