Author Archives: J D Jung

The Ghetto Swinger: A Berlin Jazz-Legend Remembers – Coco Schumann (Author), John Howard (Translator)

Posted on May 18, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “I am a musician, a musician who was imprisoned in a concentration camp, not a concentration camp inmate who also plays some music. The camps and the fear fundamentally changed my life, but it was … Continue reading →

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Songs to New York – Myrtle Brooks

Posted on May 15, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)       “Does she live in the subway?” “Non,  non, mon fils. She rented an apartment across from the park because the Washington Square Arch reminds her of L’Arc de Triomphe.”         … Continue reading →

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A Tongue in the Sink: The Harrowing Adventures of a Baby Boomer Childhood – Dennis Fried

Posted on May 13, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) I swear I am going to die laughing if I have enough wits about me as I breathe my last to remember one particular sentence in this book! I’m not going to tell you which one, … Continue reading →

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Woodcutter – Shaun Baines

Posted on May 10, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “He made you as indifferent to human suffering as the fucking moon. I’ve done my fair share of evil, but he went too far with you. You were his atom bomb, something that couldn’t be stopped … Continue reading →

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Verklempt – Peter Sichrovsky (Author), Ari Roth (Foreword), John Howard (Translator)

Posted on May 6, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thomas remained a man without a past, without memories, without old photographs and without stories from earlier years.” He is just one of the many Jews who chose to live in a land where their parents … Continue reading →

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Hemingway’s Havana: A Reflection of the Writer’s Life in Cuba – Robert Wheeler

Posted on May 3, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “So much of Havana, and Cuba, centers on the sea, and in this beautiful but merciless sea lies a part of Hemingway’s spirit and a vast part of his literary genius.” The sea, along with Cuba’s … Continue reading →

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The Art of Fully Living: 1 Man. 10 Years. 100 Life Goals Around the World – Tal Gur

Posted on May 1, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Tal Gur is a man who aims to live life to the fullest, and wants to help others do the same. He expresses this sentiment in his memoir/self-help book, The Art of Fully Living . The … Continue reading →

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Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II – Nicholas Best

Posted on April 30, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by  Glenda  W. Anderson)   Another WWII book? Since this reviewer devours this period of history, before even opening the pages, I thought, “Ah, the last days in the bunker, the Russians getting the honor of performing the coup … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Ordinary – Nigel Jay Cooper

Posted on April 26, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “With me inside him, he didn’t feel dislocated like he used to. It was like he was back in tune with the world, experiencing real, solid emotions for the first time in years.”   Joe was … Continue reading →

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Death of a Movie Star – Timothy Patrick

Posted on April 24, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Every week you tell fifty million people that actors are less than human and deserve to be treated like Shit!” That is what Micah Bailey “the actors’ manager who hated actors”, is noted for doing as … Continue reading →

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