The Economist Book of Obituaries by Keith Colquhoun and Ann Wroe
on Jan 5, 2009 in Mickey Spillane The Economist Ann Wroe Great Britain Daily Telegraph Mike Hammer Robert Brooks Hooters Independent James Fergusson Keith Colquhoun Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd Obituaries "A bad man in Africa""A brain as well as a body""A possible victim of alien abduction""A Beatle"These are among the lives chronicled in The Economist Book of Obituaries.Unlike most newspapers, where the job of obitu

Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson
on Dec 26, 2008 in Hubert's Freaks Harcourt dime museum African Americana Gregory Gibson circus Diane Arbus What becomes of a small-time dealer in rare books when he stumbles upon a possible photographic goldmine?This is the scenario of Hubert's Freaks, by Gregory Gibson.While soul-searching his way through life, Robert Langmuir has always found himself wi

The Anatomists by Hal McDonald
on Dec 16, 2008 in resurectionists medical students cadavers grave robbers 1800's Mystery Harper Anatomists Sherlock Holmes medical Hal McDonald Edward Montague and Jean-Claude Legard are medical students in London. The time is the early 1800's and medical cadavers are hard to come by...legally that is...After hiring a young resurrectionist, the doctors in training learn that the robbed grave

The Urban Hermit by Sam MacDonald
on Dec 6, 2008 in St. Martin's Press slackers memoir The Urban Hermit non-fiction Sam MacDonald 978-0-312-37699-4 For all the "lovable slackers" of the world...Not living up to your potential? Credit cards maxed out? Behind on your bills? Living paycheck to paycheck? Motivated by beer? Aged 25 going on 17? Choosing jobs based on enjoyment as opposed to fina

American Lightning by Howard Blum
on Nov 26, 2008 in Capitalists Clarence Darrow Socialists D.W. Griffith J.J. McNamara FBI American dream bombing Howard Blum 1910 L. A. Times William "Billy" Burns Unions American Lightning The Players:William "Billy" Burns: destined to be the first director of the FBI.Clarence Darrow: destined to be known as, possibly, the greatest trial lawyer in American history.D.W. Griffith: destined to direct the first true motion picture epi

The Tsar's Dwarf by Peter H. Fogtdal
on Nov 16, 2008 in The Tsar's Dwarf King Frederik IV Sorine Bentsdatter 0979018803 Peter the Great Hawthorne Books and Literary Arts Peter H. Fogtdal Fiction Tiina Nunnally Peter Alexeyevich Sorine Bentsdatter is a Danish dwarf in the court of King Frederik IV. When the king is visited by Russia's tsar Peter Alexeyevich (Peter the Great), Sorine is pleased to be given to the tsar as a gift for his "collection".But Sorine is a d

Customer Service by Benoit Duteurtre
on Nov 6, 2008 in Bruce Benderson Benoit Duteurtre Customer Service Oh, the dreaded call to customer service! You begin with a simple question in mind and the highest hopes of a quick resolve. When the operator picks up you discover, not an operator but an automated system. You patiently listen to all of your options...