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Nonfiction Previews, Sept. 2013, Pt. 4: Capturing the Kommandant of Auschwitz and Playing Chopin During the Revolution

By Barbara Hoffert on March 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

Bacon, John U. Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football. S. & S. Sept. 2013. 336p. ISBN 9781476706436. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781476706443. SPORTS College football is currently beset with scandal and sanctions, so one can be forgiven for expecting this report from Bacon to be a downer. And, indeed, drawing on [...]

Filed Under: Nonfiction Previews Tagged With: Biography, Bloomsbury, Current Events, Drawn and Quarterly, Farrar, film, graphic, Grove, History, Holt, memoir, relationships, S. & S., Scribner, sports

Audio Reviews | March 1, 2013

By Michael Rogers on February 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Reviews of H.W. Brands’s The Man Who Saved the Union, R.A. Dickey & Wayne Coffey’s Wherever I Wind Up, and William Souder’s On a Farther Shore, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the March 1 issue.

Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: baseball, Biography, H.W. Brands, History, R.A. Dickey, Rachel Carson, science, sports, Ulysses Grant, Wayne Coffey, William Souder

Spring Baseball Roster | February 15, 2013 (With Two Online-Only Reviews Added)

By Jim Burns, Robert C. Cottrell, Margaret Heilbrun, Paul Kaplan, Douglas King, Benjamin Malczewski, Gilles Renaud, and Stephen Kent Shaw. on February 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Everything you need to read up on America’s favorite pastime this spring.

Filed Under: Arts & Humanities, Featured Tagged With: 1973, Allen Barra, baseball, Biography, Brian Martin, David L. Fleitz, Doug Wilson, Edward Achorn, Filip Bondy, Frank Garland, Hank Greenberg, Herschel Cobb, History, Jamie Moyer, John Rosengren, Larry Colton, Larry Platt, Larry Ruttman, Lucan Mann, Mark Fidrych, memoir, Mickey Mantle, Napolean Lajoie, Robert Weintraub, Roberts Ehrgott, Ron Kaplan, sports, Stuart Banner, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Willie Stargell

Audio Reviews | February 15, 2013

By Michael Rogers on February 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

Reviews of the audiobooks of Emma Donoghue’s Astray, Dashiell Hammett’s Return of the Thin Man, and Tere Tereba’s Mickey Cohen, plus a full list of audiobook reviews from the Feb. 15 issue.

Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: Biography, Dashiell Hammett, Emma Donoghue, fiction, Mickey Cohen, short stories, Tere Tereba, True crime

Barbara’s Picks, Feb. 2013, Pt. 3: Nonfiction from Christopher Andersen to Brenda Wineapple

By Barbara Hoffert on February 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

Andersen, Christopher. These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack and Jackie. Gallery: S. & S. Aug. 2013. 320p. ISBN 9781476732329. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781476732343. BIOGRAPHY Once senior editor of People magazine, Andersen has a real track record when it comes to celebrity bios; he’s written 15 New York Times best sellers, with subjects [...]

Filed Under: Barbara's Picks Tagged With: Biography, Bloomsbury Pr., Gallery: S. & S., Harper: HarperCollins, History, Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA), photoessay, Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's Pr.

Video Reviews | February 1, 2013

By Bette-Lee Fox on February 6, 2013 Leave a Comment

Reviews of Sing Your Song: Harry Belafonte, Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, and The Longoria Affair, plus a full list of video reviews in the Feb. 1 issue.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Biography, business, documentary, DVD, film, Harry Belafonte, Music, social science, Steve Jobs, The Longoria Affair, video

Video Reviews | January 2013

By Bette-Lee Fox on January 9, 2013 Leave a Comment

Reviews of Chely Wright: Wish Me Away, Jim Thorpe: The World’s Greatest Athlete, Jesse Owens, and Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender, plus a full list of video reviews in the Jan. issue.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Biography, Blu-ray, Chelt Wright, DVD, Freddie Mercury, gender studies, Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Music, sports, video

Social Sciences Reviews | January 2013

By LJ Reviews on January 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

Reviews of Jeanne Theoharis’s The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile, and Matthew Goodman’s Eighty Days, plus a full list of social sciences titles reviewed in the Jan. issue.

Filed Under: Social Sciences Tagged With: Biography, economics, Elizabeth Bisland, History, Jeanne Theoharis, Matthew Goodman, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nellie Bly, Rosa Parks

Arts & Humanities Reviews | December 2012

By LJ Reviews on December 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

Reviews of Katherine Monk’s Joni, John Robb’s Punk Rock, and Rae Armantrout’s Just Saying, plus a full list of arts and humanities reviews from the Dec. issue.