“The Women I Think About At Night” by Mia Kankimaki Amazon Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $22.99 At 25 years old in 2022, I do not share much with Mia Kankimaki, an accomplished travel writer in her forties, or the historical women that she writes about, breaking gender norms of their times. However, I … Read more
Like its source material, Netflix’s The Sandman focuses primarily on its titular character: Morpheus, AKA Lord Shaper or Dream of the Endless. Originally hailing from Greek mythology, the character was adapted for The Sandman comics created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg, which ran for 75 issues between 1988 and 1996. In the … Read more
Serena Williams’s fellow tennis professionals already know what their sport is like without her. She has played very little in the past two years and has played just two singles matches in the past 13 months. But as Williams, now 40 years old, made plain in announcing her impending retirement on Tuesday, it will very … Read more
The top selling titles at Copperfield’s Books, in Petaluma, for the week of Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2022 Novelized stories based on real-life people appear to be highly appealing to Petaluma readers this month. Elizabeth Letts’ “The Ride of Her Life,” currently No. 1 on Petaluma’s bestselling Fiction & Nonfiction book list, relates the … Read more
High street bookshop chain Waterstones has said it is working hard to shift a backlog of unfulfilled orders after a problem with warehouse technical systems led to stock shortages. The retailer, which has more than 300 stores across the UK, upgraded to a new system called Blue Yonder several weeks ago, but it has been … Read more
Head below for the full list of science fiction titles heading your way in August! Keep track of all the new SFF releases here. All title summaries are taken and/or summarized from copy provided by the publisher. Release dates are subject to change. Week One (August 2) Fault Tolerance (Chilling Effect #3) — Valerie Valdes … Read more
Cover of Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai In his new book, Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the SinaiMatti Friedman does his best to explain the enigma that is Cohen in the Yom Kippur War. It was Oct. 6, 1973. Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) was 39, wondering about his … Read more
Comment on this story Comment The 1995 cops-and-robbers saga “Heat” stands as neon-loving filmmaker Michael Mann’s magnum opus, although it arrived at the midpoint of his career. A panoramic Los Angeles crime opera, it was the summation of the then-52-year-old auteur’s work, and not just because it extended the meticulous study of career criminals that … Read more
If you write it, I will read it. Yeah, that is a play on the line, ‘If you build it, he will come,’ spoken by Ray Liotta playing Joe Jackson in the movie “Field of Dreams.” And, you probably get where I’m going. The Field of Dreams game is Thursday in Dyersville, and after missing … Read more
Insider has spoken with dozens of highly successful individuals and rounded up their top books. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” is also a favorite among real estate investors and early retirees. Super savers drew inspiration from “Set for Life” and “I Will Teach You to Be Rich.” Books can be a helpful tool if you’re looking … Read more
