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May 31, 2012

The Non-Event of the Month

May 31, 2012/ Greg Waldmann

Last week on NBC's Meet the Press, Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, was asked to give his opinion about an advertisement the Obama campaign has been running. It was a cover story for days. It was a complete waste of everyone's time.

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May 31, 2012

All the World to Nothing

May 31, 2012/ Rohan Maitzen

The real mystery of Richard III is not the fate of his nephews, the Princes in the Tower, but why we never tire of telling and re-telling his story. What do we really see when we stare at his enigmatic portrait?

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fiction, Machiavelli, May 2012, Philippa Gregory, Richard III, rohan maitzen, shakespeare
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May 30, 2012

CD of the Week: Schubert String Quartets

May 30, 2012/ Norman Lebrecht

The Artemis Quartet brings forth a brilliant recording of Schubert's string quartets 13, 14, and 15 -- that plus three notable new releases of the music of Shostakovich

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May 28, 2012

Book Review: Midnight in Peking

May 28, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In pre-war Peking, a young girl is brutally murdered, and an investigation is working against time as Japanese forces converge on the city. But the girl's father wants justice, even if he has to find it himself.

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May 26, 2012

Classics Reissued: The Mabinogion Tetralogy

May 26, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A towering landmark of epic fantasy literature is re-issued in a pretty paperback!

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May 26, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 25, 2012

An Interview with Kim Newman

May 25, 2012/ Open Letters Monthly

An interview with Kim Newman, author of the fantastic "Anno Dracula" series of novels!

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May 24, 2012

New in Paperback: Bloody Red Baron

May 24, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In the sequel to Kim Newman's great "Anno Dracula," the evil Count wages war - the First World War, to be exact - with the living!

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kim newman, May 2012, science fiction, Vampires, World War I
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May 22, 2012

CDs of the Week: New Names at the Piano

May 22, 2012/ Norman Lebrecht

The steady rush of talented new pianists can be overwhelming. Norman Lebrecht helps locate the gold from the dross.

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May 21, 2012

Book Review: Of Moose and Men

May 21, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The closest thing to a genuine 'moose-whisperer' finally gets around to writing the Bible on the species!

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May 2012, natural history, nature writing
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May 21, 2012

Movie Review: Battleship

May 21, 2012/ John C. Anderson

Can an enormous budget save an old, defunct board game about an old, defunct class of warship? Ask Mr. Anderson!

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May 20, 2012

Book Review: The Taming of the Rogue

May 20, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A sensible young widow tries hard not to fall in love with a dashing young playwright in the latest offering from good old Harlequin Romances!

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May 2012, romance novels
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May 19, 2012

Book Review: Michelangelo

May 19, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The first volume in a magisterial new two-volume biography of the greatest Renaissance artist of them all!

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May 18, 2012

Comics: Avengers Assemble, Volume 3

May 18, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

the third and final reprint-volume of one of the greatest creative runs on Marvel Comics' beloved title "The Avengers"

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comic books, comics, george perez, May 2012
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May 17, 2012

Book Review: HHhH

May 17, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A popular French book about the daring assassination of a Nazi official in 1942 receives an English translation

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May 15, 2012

CD of the Week - A Rush of Mieczyslaw Weinbergs

May 15, 2012/ Norman Lebrecht

Four new recordings celebrate the oft-forgotten Russian composer Mieczylaw Weinberg. Norman Lebrecht reviews.

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May 15, 2012

Book Review: Overseas

May 15, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

a lush new time-travel romance arrives just in time for summer

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fiction, May 2012, romance
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May 13, 2012

Movie Review: Dark Shadows

May 13, 2012/ John C. Anderson

The latest collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp is very nearly un-dead on arrival, according to our guest-poster, movie blogger John Anderson!

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May 12, 2012

Book Review: The Romans Who Shaped Britain

May 12, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A lively new personality-driven look at the centuries of Roman rule in the British Isles

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British history, May 2012, roman history
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May 11, 2012

Book Review: Midstream

May 11, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The posthumous memoir of a beloved Southern writer

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May 11, 2012

Book Review: My Two Moms

May 11, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The well-spoken son of a lesbian couple becomes a YouTube sensation - and an author.

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