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The Newton Papers The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts By Sarah Dry Oxford University Press, USA, Hardcover, 9780199951048, 238pp. Publication Date: May 1, 2014

Bastard Out of Carolina By Dorothy Allison Plume Books, Paperback, 9780452297753, 320pp. Publication Date: February 28, 2012

Down and Out in Paris and London By George Orwell Mariner Books, Paperback, 9780156262248, 228pp. Publication Date: March 1972  

In the Old Days, many book covers, particularly teen books covers, used to wend towards photographs of real people. or paintings OF photographs, a technique that has sadly been entirely obviated by Photoshop. Anyway, some of these cover models had … Continue reading →

Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Spiegel & Grau, Hardcover, 9780812993547, 176pp. Publication Date: July 14, 2015   1 word review: necessary

Troublemaker Surviving Hollywood and Scientology By Leah Remini; Rebecca Paley Ballantine Books, Hardcover, 9781101886960, 256pp. Publication Date: November 3, 2015   1 word review: illiterate  

Girl in a Band – a memoir by Kim Gordon   1 word review: BORING

      Walter Chandoha the cat photographer Interviews by David La Spina and Brittany Hudak   1 word review: important

The Neapolitan Novels. Three of the  four novels have been published in English: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, and, now, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. Taken together, the novels span some 50 years, chronicling the life-long friendship … Continue reading →