Thursday, March 5th, 2015
“Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic” by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira, introduction by Martin Scorsese (Running Press, $60) Reviewed by Larry Cox — One hundred years ago, Cecil B. DeMille...
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
“Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances” By Neil Gaiman (William Morrow, $26.99) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell — “Many of these stories end badly for at least one of the people in them.” Perhaps no sentence encapsulates the...
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
“Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery” by Susan Croce Kelly (University of Oklahoma Press, $24.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox — Cy Avery was a Tulsa-based oilman and real-estate investor. He also was a visionary....
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
“Spinster” by Kate Bolick (Crown, $12.99) Reviewed by Molly Ford — There are 158 million women in the United States, and 102 million of them are single. In this groundbreaking new book, based off a 2011 Atlantic...
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
“Downton Abbey: Rules for Household Staff” introduction by Mr. Carson (St. Martin’s Press, $14.99) Review by Larry Cox — Without a doubt, “Downton Abbey” has become one of the most popular series on public television. First appearing...
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
“The Darkest Part of the Forest” by Holly Black (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell For generations, the horned boy has lain in his glass coffin deep in the woods outside...
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
“Don Martin: Three Decades of His Greatest Works” with a foreword by Nick Meglin (Running Press, $30) Reviewed by Larry Cox Don Martin, perhaps more than anyone else, defined the zany madness that was Mad magazine....
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
“Sharon Tate: Recollection” by Debra Tate, with a foreword by Roman Polanski (Running Press, $30) Reviewed by Larry Cox British actress Deborah Kerr said that Sharon Tate had “real talent” and predicted she would become a...
Thursday, January 8th, 2015
“Streisand: In the Camera Eye” by James Spada (Abrams Books, $40) Reviewed by Larry Cox James Spada has compiled his fourth major book about Barbra Streisand. The veteran Hollywood author and journalist’s latest effort features a...
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
“Small Move, Big Change” by Caroline L. Arnold (Penguin Books, $16) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell It’s that time of year when we flip the calendar page and start to think about ways to improve our lives....