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Supercilious yet star-struck, is how The New York Times’s Janet Maslin describes Michael Wolff’s portrait of Rupert Murdoch, in her review of “The Man Who Owns the News”.
“That’s Outrageous!” More than the mere title of a book, “That’s Outrageous!” has been a calling card of sorts for author Fred Gray, a former staff writer for the Petoskey News-Review, Associated Press writer and a 20-year veteran of Reuters where he was a senior editor and director of technical operations.
This didn't start out to be a book review column, but I received the new Don Cherry book, Hockey Stories and Stuff, just before the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a quick read full of memories and anecdotes as transcribed by legendary hockey writer Al Strachan.
Time and again in The Little Book, the reader's eyes begin their barrel roll, appalled or made dizzy by the plot twists. Selden Edwards devoted 33 years "to layer and refine the manuscript," the dust jacket tells us, and the...
Chanukah crafts and recipes are just for starters in this new, beautifully illustrated book. Chanukah is the Jewish festival of light that commemorates the miraculous victory of the oppressed Jews of ancient Israel over the powerful Syrian-Greeks and their ruthless king Antiochus. Tradition tells us that after the victory, needing to rekindle the damaged candelabra (menorah) in the Holy Temple, ...
It's lighthearted, written by young adults and an easy read. "Pulling Weeds to Picking Stocks" is a book written by the Beatty brothers, ages 16, 14 and 8. It's about personal finance and responsibility, something most of us hear about from our parents but not something we typically learn in school. The book isn't just about handling money, though. It also stresses building lifelong character ...
On a summer service learning trip to Ethiopia, Ben Beisswenger '09 and Zoe Dmitrovsky '09 were struck by the optimism of the children they encountered. In the new book "An Unlikely Family" (2008), these students and their coauthors bring this sense of hope to an American audience that happens to have hope on the mind.
David Sedaris is the last person you'd want to sit next to on a plane, and he'd tell you so himself. In one of the funniest moments of his latest book, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames"(2008), the comic essayist struggles to enjoy flying in the "Business Elite" section of the plane, while sitting next to a man on his way to a funeral.
From time to time, a book or two will cross the sports desk here at the MDH and, because these publishers are kind enough to send us an advanced copy, we will review them in a timely fashion and let people know what we think of the work. Sometimes, this can be some high-brow stuff, especially if it's a novel or a story which is mainly revolving around sports.
