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Review: Reckless Kelly channels Pinto Bennett
"Somewhere In Time," Reckless Kelly (Yep Roc)...
"Somewhere In Time," Reckless Kelly (Yep Roc)...
Review: Jaheim plays Casanova on 'Another Round'
Jaheim, "Another Round" (Atlantic Records)...
Jaheim, "Another Round" (Atlantic Records)...
Review: Josh Turner too one-dimensional on new CD
Josh Turner, "Haywire" (MCA Nashville)...
Josh Turner, "Haywire" (MCA Nashville)...
`Susan Boyle' bio is redundant recap of her story
"Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True" (The Overlook Press, 246 pages, $21.95) by Alice Montgomery: This unauthorized biography recaps what most fans already know about Susan Boyle, the shy, 48-year-old Scottish singer who became an Internet sensation after a clip of her auditioning for a TV talent show was posted online....
"Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True" (The Overlook Press, 246 pages, $21.95) by Alice Montgomery: This unauthorized biography recaps what most fans already know about Susan Boyle, the shy, 48-year-old Scottish singer who became an Internet sensation after a clip of her auditioning for a TV talent show was posted online....
Review: 2K Games' rapturous return to `BioShock'
Rapture used to be a nice place to live. That is, if you didn't mind being at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. And putting up with the occasional rants of its megalomaniacal founder, Andrew Ryan....
Rapture used to be a nice place to live. That is, if you didn't mind being at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. And putting up with the occasional rants of its megalomaniacal founder, Andrew Ryan....
Compelling `Shadow Tag' a departure for Erdrich
"Shadow Tag" (HarperCollins, 272 pages, $25.99), by Louise Erdrich: Irene and Gil have the sort of life that outsiders might covet. He's a semifamous artist dubbed the "native Edward Hopper," his success great enough to put their family in a three-story house in a fashionable Minneapolis neighborhood and enroll their three children in an exclusive private school....
"Shadow Tag" (HarperCollins, 272 pages, $25.99), by Louise Erdrich: Irene and Gil have the sort of life that outsiders might covet. He's a semifamous artist dubbed the "native Edward Hopper," his success great enough to put their family in a three-story house in a fashionable Minneapolis neighborhood and enroll their three children in an exclusive private school....
Gora book must-have for fans of '80s teen flicks
"You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation" (Crown, 384 pages, $26), by Susannah Gora: Did you know that people come up to Matthew Broderick - often at ball games - to ask if it's his day off? How about that fans incessantly pester Judd Nelson for the punch line to the one about the blonde, the dog and the salami? Or that Gedde Watanabe auctions off voicemail messages as Long Duk Dong for charity?...
"You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation" (Crown, 384 pages, $26), by Susannah Gora: Did you know that people come up to Matthew Broderick - often at ball games - to ask if it's his day off? How about that fans incessantly pester Judd Nelson for the punch line to the one about the blonde, the dog and the salami? Or that Gedde Watanabe auctions off voicemail messages as Long Duk Dong for charity?...
Power, not money, drove pioneering journalist
"Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power" (Harper, 576 pages, $29.99), by James McGrath Morris: Web-based technology may leave readers fretful about the future of newspapers, but it's not the first time the industry has undergone revolutionary change....
"Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power" (Harper, 576 pages, $29.99), by James McGrath Morris: Web-based technology may leave readers fretful about the future of newspapers, but it's not the first time the industry has undergone revolutionary change....
New book on Mays brings `Say Hey Kid' to life
"Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend" (Scribner, 628 pages, $30), by James S. Hirsch: For the aging fans following him in his prime, Willie Mays was a youthful phenomenon who in time became baseball's happy warrior....
"Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend" (Scribner, 628 pages, $30), by James S. Hirsch: For the aging fans following him in his prime, Willie Mays was a youthful phenomenon who in time became baseball's happy warrior....
Elias shows how baseball exported 'American Way'
"The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad" (The New Press, 418 pages, $27.95), by Robert Elias: Contrary to popular opinion in the U.S., the young Fidel Castro wasn't one of Cuba's best pitchers and was never offered contracts by American scouts. In fact, U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy once suggested that his lack of a big-league arm was a key reason Castro came to hate the U.S....
"The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad" (The New Press, 418 pages, $27.95), by Robert Elias: Contrary to popular opinion in the U.S., the young Fidel Castro wasn't one of Cuba's best pitchers and was never offered contracts by American scouts. In fact, U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy once suggested that his lack of a big-league arm was a key reason Castro came to hate the U.S....
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