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Fred Allen’s Much Ado about Me

Book Review Title: Much Ado About Me Author: Fred Allen Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Date: 1956 Fred Allen’s autobiographical Much Ado About Me serves up a smorgasbord of early-twentieth-century images and idioms that will satisfy anyone interested in the … Continue reading

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No Applause—Just Throw Money; Trav S.D.’s Book that Made Vaudeville Famous

Book Review Title: No Applause—Just Throw Money Author: Trav S.D. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Date: October 31, 2006 No Applause—Just Throw Money blends the best of compelling storytelling with thorough, rigorous research. Author Trav S.D. (Donald Travis Stewart) traces … Continue reading

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Robert Sherman’s Autobiography Chapters of My Life

Book Review Title: Moose: Chapters From My Life Author: Robert B. Sherman Publisher: AuthorHouseUK Date: November 27, 2013 Chapters from My Life is a compelling page-turner to say the least. Sherman was born in 1925, a member of the “Greatest … Continue reading

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Book Review of Sonification and the Aesthetic Dimension

Book Review Title: The Sonification Handbook Author: Thomas Hermann (Author/Editor), Andy Hunt (Editor), John G Neuhoff (Editor) Publisher: Logos Verlag Date: January 26, 2011 This book is an advanced exploration into sonification perception, the interdisciplinary investigation of understanding data, including … Continue reading

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Simon Callow’s “Alternative Autobiography” My Life in Pieces

Book Review Title: My Life in Pieces Author: Simon Callow Publisher: Nick Hern Books Date: May 17, 2011 Simon Callow’s “Alternative Autobiography” My Life in Pieces was one of the most exciting books I’ve read in a long time. Hearing … Continue reading

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Dick Van Dyke’s Autobiography

Book Review Title: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business Author: Dick Van Dyke Publisher: Three Rivers Press (May 15, 2012) Dick Van Dyke’s autobiography My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business provides a delightful retrospective … Continue reading

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Tom Nichols’ The Death of Expertise

Book Review Title: The Death of Expertise Author: Tom Nichols Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2017) Tom Nichols’ Death of Expertise reminds us of a time when we took expert opinion seriously. Not that we followed blindly … Continue reading

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Jeff Haden’s The Motivation Myth

Book Review Title: The Motivation Myth Author: Jeff Haden Publisher: Portfolio (January 9, 2018) Jeff Haden’s Motivation Myth reveals the secret of true motivation, the uncomfortable truth that we have to go through the pain of getting started WITHOUT motivation. … Continue reading

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Simon Callow’s Biography of Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World

Book Review Title: Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World Author: Simon Callow Published: Vintage 2012 Perhaps no one alive today has done more to shine a light on Charles Dickens, the man and his works, than Simon … Continue reading

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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s Novel The Leopard

Book Review Title: The Leopard Author: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Publisher: Pantheon Books (Paperback), New York (1960) ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73121-4 Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard follows the life of Sicilian Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, around the time of Garibaldi, mainly … Continue reading

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World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal’s Autobiography

Book Review Title: The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Author: Mikhail Tal Publisher: Everyman Chess (London) Date: 1997, 2015 Mikhail Tal’s autobiography is in the form of an interview,

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Lock and Dixon’s Biography of Patrick Brontë: Man of Sorrow

Book Review Title: A Man of Sorrow: The Life, Letters and Times of the Rev. Patrick Brontë 1777–1861, 566 pages Authors: John Lock and Canon W. T. Dixon Publisher: Ian Hodgkins & Co. LTD, London (1979) ISBN-13: 978-0906460047 Patrick Brontë … Continue reading

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Notes on Kant and Critique: New Essays in Honor of W.H. Werkmeister

Book Recommendation Title: Kant and Critique: New Essays in Honor of W.H. Werkmeister Author: R.M. Dancy, W.H. Werkmeister, et al. Publisher: Springer; 1993 Kant and Critique: New Essays in Honor of W.H. Werkmeister is a wonderful book! I attended the … Continue reading

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Georg Henrik von Wright’s Wittgenstein

Book Review Title: Wittgenstein Author: Georg Henrik von Wright Published: University of Minnesota Press 1982 Ludwig Wittgenstein was G. H. von Wright’s professor, mentor, and friend. After Wittgenstein died in 1951, Wright became literary executor and spent thirty years collecting, … Continue reading

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