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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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